Ravikumar Samarth (born 22 January 1993) is an Indian cricketer who plays for Karnataka cricket team. He is a right-handed top-order batsman and occasional right-arm off break bowler. He played for Karnataka at various age-group levels such as Under-12, Under-14, Under-16 and Under-19, before making his first-class debut in December 2013.[1]
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| Born | 22 January 1993 Mysore, Karnataka, India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm off break | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2013/14–present | Karnataka | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Early and personal life
editSamarth did his schooling at the Bishop Cotton Boys' School and B'Com at SBM Jain College which comes under the umbrella of Jain University,[2] Bangalore. While studying at Bishop Cottons, he trained at the Karnataka Institute of Cricket.[3] He also led his school cricket team at the U-14 and U-16 levels, often opening both batting and bowling. He ended leading multiple winning inter-school cricket teams in India. While at school, he was renowned for intensity on the field and his clam demeanor off it. His father Ravikumar works as a clerk in State Bank of India. He has an elder sister Mowna who works at Yahoo!.He recently got engaged to Uttara Prakash and posted it on Instagram on 1 January which was his 100th post on Instagram.[1]
According to his father, he was a good sprinter and tennis player.[1]
Career
editSamarth played division cricket in the KSCA league. In 2011, he scored over 1200 runs in the national Under-19 tournaments – Vinoo Mankad Trophy and Cooch Behar Trophy.[1]
In 2013, he scored six hundreds from eight innings for KSCA President's XI in the Safi Darashah Trophy, including five hundreds in succession.[3] He made his first-class debut for Karnataka against Mumbai in December 2013 and scored 18 and 75 in that match opening the innings.[4]
In October 2018, he was named in India C's squad for the 2018–19 Deodhar Trophy.[5] In February 2022, he was bought by the Sunrisers Hyderabad in the auction for the 2022 Indian Premier League tournament.[6]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Watch out for Ravikumar Samarth". Times of India. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
- ^ "Home". jainuniversity.ac.in.
- ^ a b Achal, Ashwin (18 August 2013). "Six of the best". The Hindu. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
- ^ "Ranji Trophy, Group A: Karnataka v Mumbai at Bangalore, Dec 22–25, 2013". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
- ^ "Rahane, Ashwin and Karthik to play Deodhar Trophy". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
- ^ "IPL 2022 auction: The list of sold and unsold players". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 February 2022.