Born in the hills of Palampur in Himachal Pradesh, Paras Dogra has gone on to represent his state with distinction. A steady accumulator of runs at the domestic level, Dogra was part of the Rajasthan Royals before he was signed by the Kings XI Punjab. While he is not a big hitter, Dogra keeps the scoreboard ticking – often finishing at a run-a-ball. The 28-year-old scored a double hundred, a hundred and a couple of half-centuries in the 2011 Ranji Trophy but couldn’t do much in IPL 2012 for KXIP. He missed out on selection ahead of IPL 2013 but was signed in by the Kolkara Knight Riders mid-way through the tournament to replace the injured Laxmi Ratan Shukla.