Amit Gupta is an Indian

Indian people

Indian people or Indisians constitute the Asian nation and pan-ethnic group native to India, which forms the south of Asia, containing 17.31% of the world's population. The Indian nationality is in essence made up of regional nationalities, reflecting the rich and complex history of India...

 cricket

Cricket

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er. Gupta is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace

Seam bowling

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. He was born in Delhi

Delhi

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, India

India

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Gupta was initially undertook his studies at Atma Ram Sanatan Dharma College

Atma Ram Sanatan Dharma College

Atma Ram Sanatan Dharma College , formerly Sanatan Dharma College, is a co-educational constituent college of the University of Delhi. The college was founded on August 3, 1959 by the Sanatan Dharma Sabha, Delhi. Late Shri Atma Ram Chadha, a well-known philanthropist, took over as chairman of the...

, which is a part of the University of Delhi

University of Delhi

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, before attending Anglia Ruskin University

Anglia Ruskin University

Anglia Ruskin University is one of the largest universities in Eastern England, United Kingdom, with a total student population of around 30,000.-History:...

 in England

England

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. While studying there, Gupta made his first-class cricket

First-class cricket

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 debut for Cambridge MCCU against Surrey

Surrey County Cricket Club

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 in 2011. In this match, he scored 10 runs in Cambridge MCCU's first-innings, before being dimissed by Freddie van den Bergh

Freddie van den Bergh

Frederick Oliver Edward van den Bergh is an English cricketer. van den Bergh is a gifted right-handed batsman who bowls left-arm orthodox. He was born in Bickley, London and educated at Whitgift School. While attending Whitgift School he was fondly known as Casper.van den Bergh made his...

, while in their second-innings he wasn't required to bat.

External links

• Amit Gupta at ESPNcricinfo
• Amit Gupta at CricketArchive
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