Saurabh Sunil Tiwary (born December 30, 1989) is an Indian cricketer who plays as a left-handed batsman of medium order. He was one of the key batsmen in the Indian team that won the 2008 U19 World Cup in Malaysia.

Indian Premier League

He represented Mumbai Indians from the Indian Premier League in 2008. He had become a regular player for them at the 2010 IPL, where he was referred to as the left-handed version of Mahendra Singh Dhoni.

He won the U23 player of the tournament for the 2010 IPL to represent the Mumbai Indians as he had a fairly successful tournament, scoring 419 runs in 16 games, with an average of 29.92 and a hit rate of 135.59. He was signed by Royal Challengers Bangalore for the 2011 Indian Premier League at a cost of US $ 1.6 million. In the 2014 IPL auction he was signed by Delhi Daredevils for 70 lakhs Indian rupees. After Tiwary was out with a shoulder injury, he was replaced by Imran Tahir. At the 2016 IPL, Tiwary and Albie Morkel from the Delhi Daredevils were swapped for the new Rising Pune Supergiants franchise. In the 2016 IPL, he scored two promising half centuries against the Royal Challengers Bangalore and Mumbai Indians.

In February 2017 he was bought by the Mumbai Indians Team for the Indian Premier League 2017 for 30 lakhs. He played for half a century against the Kolkata Knight Riders at Eden Gardens on May 13, 2017. In January 2018, it was bought by the Mumbai Indians at the 2018 IPL auction. At the 2020 IPL auction, he was won by the Mumbai Indians ahead of the 2020 Indian Premier League.

International career

Tiwary was called up to the 2010 Asian Cup squad but did not play. He made his ODI debut in Visakhapatnam against Australia in October 2010 after some first-choice players took a break.