Saurabh Kumar is the only new face to feature in India's 18-man Test squad announced on Saturday for the upcoming two-match series against Sri Lanka. ()
Here's all you need to know about the Uttar Pradesh바카라 웹사이트spinner:
Saurabh Kumar, 28, is a spinning all-rounder.
He was picked by Punjab Kings in the recent Indian바카라 웹사이트Premier League (IPL) 2022 mega auction at his base price바카라 웹사이트of INR 20 lakh. In 2017, he was a part of the Rising Pune바카라 웹사이트Supergiant outfit. But he never got to play a single IPL바카라 웹사이트game that season.
Born in Baghpat, Saurabh Kumar plays for his native Uttar바카라 웹사이트Pradesh. He is a domestic veteran now, having played 46바카라 웹사이트First Class, 25 List A and 33 T20 matches for various바카라 웹사이트teams.
After failing to make the state team, Saurabh Kumar had바카라 웹사이트previously turned up for the Indian Air Force. The left-arm바카라 웹사이트orthodox bowler made his First Class debut for the바카라 웹사이트Services team, in a Ranji Trophy match against Himachal바카라 웹사이트Pradesh in 2014.
In FC, besides taking 196 FC wickets, he has also scored 1572 runs with two centuries and eight fifties. In List A, he has 37 wickets and 173 runs. He also has 24 wickets and바카라 웹사이트148 runs in T20s.
He was part of the India-A team which toured South Africa바카라 웹사이트last year. In two matches during the shadow tour, Saurabh바카라 웹사이트Kumar took four wickets. He was also named in the바카라 웹사이트extended Indian squad for the England tour last year.
The story doing the rounds after his India call-up was that,바카라 웹사이트like other small town cricketers, Saurabh Kumar struggled바카라 웹사이트a lot. He used to travel to Delhi daily by train then take the바카라 웹사이트us to the National Stadium to perfect his skills.
In fact, weeks before India's team announcement, he바카라 웹사이트shared a profile picture with a simple quote, "keep going"바카라 웹사이트on Instagram.
And of course, his father, who used to play kabaddi, gave바카라 웹사이트every possible support a budding payer needed to fulfill바카라 웹사이트his dreams.
"It would take us two-and-a-half hours to reach Delhi.바카라 웹사이트Three times a week, I would come to Sunita Sharma라이브 바카라바카라 웹사이트academy. My father used to do over-time to make sure he바카라 웹사이트accompanied me to Delhi," he was quoted as saying by Indian Express.
Then, there's his "carrom-varrom" statement.
"Mein ye carom-varom ball nahi daalta [I don’t bowl the carom ball]. I never liked it. I like to loop it and set up바카라 웹사이트batsmen in the air," he added.
For the uninitiated, carrom ball is a fad nowadays. It's바카라 웹사이트often delivered by off-spinners and left-arm spinners. In바카라 웹사이트India, there are many crafty spinners who deploy carrom바카라 웹사이트balls with good effect. Veteran Ravichandran Ashwin is one of the finest carrom ball exponents. Ashwin even calls his variation 'sodukku ball', with obvious reference to the바카라 웹사이트flicking of fingers (in the Tamil language).
