Rohan Raje

Rohan Ravindra Raje is an Indian former cricketer who played for Mumbai domestically between the 2006/2007 and 2016/2017 seasons. He also appeared with the Mumbai Indians of the Indian Premier League (IPL) in 2008 and 2009. A right-arm fast-medium bowler who batted right-handed, he played in 30 Twenty20 matches over his career, 10 of them in the IPL. After his career in major cricket ended, he founded a cricket academy and served as a selector for Mumbai's under-14 side, while returning to minor Indian cricket as a player in 2025.

Early career Born in Neral in Maharashtra on 3 September 1986, Raje debuted as part of Mumbai's youth system during the 2004/05 season, representing their Under-19 squad in both the Vinoo Mankad Trophy, a limited-overs competition, and the Cooch Behar Trophy, which featured multiple-day matches. Starting in the 2006/07 campaign, he made his first appearances in the C. K. Nayudu Trophy, a three-day competition for those 22 and younger. Also starting in the 2006/07 cricket season, Raje began playing for a cricket team representing the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), starting an affiliation that spanned 12 non-consecutive seasons. Raje made his initial appearances in major cricket. Appearing twice for Mumbai in West Zone group play, took the wicket of Pratik Desai, and had three catches. making a single appearance for Mumbai where he failed to record a wicket as a bowler and scored 11 runs as a batter. Much of his year was spent with Mumbai's Under-22 side, His performances with the Under-22 side and the IOC team that year were considered "consistent" by Cricinfo,

Indian Premier League and later domestic career Raje signed a US$40,000 contract to play for the Indians in 2008, double the base $20,000 salary for a rookie cricketer. During the year, he made six appearances in the debut IPL season, scoring eight runs and taking five wickets, including taking a pair of wickets at the cost of 16 runs in a victory against the eventual champions, the Rajasthan Royals. He credited teammates Sachin Tendulkar, Shaun Pollock and Dwayne Bravo with helping him improve as a player. Raje remained with the Indians during the second edition of the IPL, held in 2009 in South Africa, of the season. In the 2010/11 SMA Trophy, Raje led Mumbai with eight wickets. He was not expected to make the 30-man roster for the Ranji Trophy but was placed on the team after injuries to Ajit Agarkar and Aavishkar Salvi. In his only Ranji Trophy appearance, he recorded three wickets, all in the first eight overs of the match, in a victory against Railways. Returning to Twenty20 cricket in the 2014/15 season, he played in all 7 of Mumbai's SMA Trophy matches that year, leading the side in wickets taken. Raje's three wickets for 15 runs in a Trophy match against Rajasthan represented his best bowling in any innings in major cricket. The following season, in a loss to Rajasthan in the Hazare Trophy, he would record his best batting total with 21 runs in an innings. His major career ended with two SMA Trophy matches in the 2016/17 campaign, He was a selector for Mumbai's under-14 side in 2025. During that same year, eight years after his final matches with Mumbai, and seven seasons following his most recent appearance representing IOC, Raje started a comeback in the minor T20 Mumbai League, winning man of the match in his first appearance with the Mumbai South Central (MSC) Maratha Royals. He also played well in the semifinal match against the Eagle Thane Strikers. Raje ultimately helped MSC win the league championship, scoring the runs that clinched the win in the final match.