{{short description|Indian cricketer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2023}} {{Use Indian English|date=July 2013}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Manpreet Juneja | image = | country = India | fullname = Manpreet Charanjit Juneja | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1990|9|12|df=yes}} | birth_place = Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India | heightft = | heightinch = | heightm = | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Right-arm off break | role = Middle-order batsman | club1 = Gujarat | year1 = 2008/09–2021/22 | club2 = Delhi Daredevils | year2 = 2013 | columns = 3 | column1 = FC | matches1 = 69 | runs1 = 4,265 | bat avg1 = 45.37 | 100s/50s1 = 9/25 | top score1 = 201* | hidedeliveries = true | catches/stumpings1 = 47/– | column2 = LA | matches2 = 53 | runs2 = 1,397 | bat avg2 = 33.26 | 100s/50s2 = 1/10 | top score2 = 114* | catches/stumpings2 = 23/– | column3 = T20 | matches3 = 44 | runs3 = 952 | bat avg3 = 28.84 | 100s/50s3 = 1/4 | top score3 = 108* | catches/stumpings3 = 22/– | date = 26 December | year = 2023 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/player/390480.html ESPNcricinfo }} '''Manpreet Juneja''' (born 12 September 1990) is an Indian former cricketer<ref>[http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/player/390480.html Manprit Juneja]</ref> who played for Gujarat in domestic cricket.<ref>[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ranji-trophy-2012/content/squad/588742.html Gujarat Squad, Ranji Trophy 2012/13]</ref> He was a right-handed middle-order batsman. Juneja scored an unbeaten 201 on his first-class debut against Tamil Nadu in December 2011, becoming only the fourth Indian to score a double-century on first-class debut.<ref>[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ranji-trophy-elite-2011/content/story/545723.html Juneja scores rare double on debut on day of draws]</ref> T. A. Sekhar, the mentor of IPL franchise Delhi Daredevils, was said to have been tracking Juneja even before his debut and drafted him into the Daredevils squad in January 2012.<ref>[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ipl-delhi/content/story/550409.html Delhi Daredevils sign Negi, Juneja, Raval]</ref>
Juneja scored 796 runs from 8 matches at an average of 66.33 in the 2012–13 Ranji Trophy. He had three centuries and three fifties to his name in the season.<ref>[http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ranji-trophy-2012/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=7515;team=1780;type=tournament Ranji Trophy, 2012/13 – Gujarat / Records / Batting and bowling averages]</ref>
In 2013, he along with Abdulahad Malek set the highest ever 4th wicket partnership in any forms of T20 cricket (202*).<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/626443.html|title=Group A: Gujarat v Kerala at Indore, Mar 30, 2013. Cricket Scorecard |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=2017-05-04}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/syed-mushtaq-ali-trophy-2013/content/story/627312.html|title=Gujarat in final after Manprit ton|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=2017-05-04|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/305252.html|title=Records. Twenty20 matches. Partnership records. Highest partnerships by wicket |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=2017-05-04}}</ref>
Juneja made his IPL debut in 2013 (2013 Indian Premier League) against Kolkata Knight Riders. He was bought by Sunrisers Hyderabad at the 2014 IPL auction.
He was part of the Gujarat cricket team that won the Ranji Trophy in 2016-17 where he scored half-centuries <ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.firstpost.com/sports/ranji-trophy-final-gujarat-ride-on-parthiv-patel-manprit-juneja-stand-to-grab-first-innings-lead-3199566.html|title=Ranji Trophy final: Gujarat ride on Parthiv Patel-Manprit Juneja stand to grab first innings lead|date=2017-01-11|newspaper=Firstpost|language=en-US|access-date=2017-01-17}}</ref> in both innings. Juneja with skipper Parthiv Patel helped Gujarat beat defending champions Mumbai in the final in Indore. Gujarat had never reached the finals nor won a Ranji Trophy in over 66 years before that.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/sport/cricket/Parthiv-guides-Gujarat-to-maiden-Ranji-title/article17040127.ece|title=Parthiv guides Gujarat to maiden Ranji title|last=Viswanath|first=G.|newspaper=The Hindu|access-date=2017-01-17}}</ref>
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