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| Full name | Gagan Kishanlal Khoda | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 October 1974 Rajasthan, India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-hand bat | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Role | Batsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ODI debut (cap 114) | 14 May 1998 v Bangladesh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 20 May 1998 v Kenya | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Gagan Khoda (born 24 October 1974 in Rajasthan, India) is a former Indian cricketer. He played two One Day Internationals in 1998. Despite scoring 89 runs in one of those two innings, he never made it to the Indian team after those two matches.
He has been given due recognition now after his appointment as a National Selector by the BCCI on 9 November 2015, representing the Central Zone in the Selection Committee. Now has two children called aaryaman Khoda and aaryaveer Khoda.
Domestic career
In domestic cricket, he represented Rajasthan cricket team and Central Zone cricket team. Khoda, enjoyed an outstanding junior career before making a century on debut in the Ranji Trophy in 1991–92. A score of 237 in the Ranji quarter-final in 1994–95 further established him as a promising youngster. Now he has two son called Aaryaveer and Aaryaman .
Now actively retired from cricket, Gagan focuses his time and energy on running an outlet of India's largest laundry and dry-cleaning chain, UClean.
International career
He represented India in two One Day Internationals and scored 89 against Kenya and was Man of the Match. He scored 26 against Bangladesh in Coca-Cola tri-series 1997/98. He was one of the new openers that India had tried out. He also played in the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Malaysia, without much impact.
International awards
One Day International Cricket
Man of the Match awards
| No. | Opponent | Venue | Date | Match Performance | Result |
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| 1 | Kenya | M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore | 20 May 1998 | 89 (129 balls: 8x4) |  India won by 4 wickets.[1] |
References
- Gagan Khoda at ESPNcricinfo