Saurabh Netravalkar

Saurabh Netravalkar (born 16 October 1991) is an Indian-born American cricketer who is the current captain of the United States cricket team. He is a left-arm medium-fast bowler who has represented India under-19 team.[1] He made his first-class debut for Mumbai in the 2013–14 Ranji Trophy on 22 December 2013.[2]

Saurabh Netravalkar
Personal information
Born (1991-10-16) 16 October 1991
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
BattingRight-handed batsman
BowlingLeft-arm fast-medium
RoleBowler
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 20)27 April 2019 v PNG
Last ODI12 February 2020 v Nepal
T20I debut (cap 6)15 March 2019 v UAE
Last T20I25 August 2019 v Canada
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 6 2 1 38
Runs scored 24 – 3 122
Batting average 12.00 – 1.50 7.17
100s/50s 0/0 –/– 0/0 0/0
Top score 11 – 3 22
Balls bowled 236 33 192 1,941
Wickets 8 2 3 52
Bowling average 16.75 19.50 25.66 27.21
5 wickets in innings 1 0 0 1
10 wickets in match 0 n/a n/a 0
Best bowling 5/32 2/28 2/42 5/32
Catches/stumpings 4/– 1/– 1/– 10/–
Source: Cricinfo, 12 February 2020

Early life

Netravalkar, a software engineer, is an alumnus of Sardar Patel Institute of Engineering, Mumbai and Cornell University. He has worked for Oracle.[3]

Career

In January 2018, he was named in the United States squad for the 2017–18 Regional Super50 tournament in the West Indies.[4] In August 2018, he was named in the United States' squad for the 2018–19 ICC World Twenty20 Americas Qualifier tournament in Morrisville, North Carolina.[5] In October 2018, he was named as the captain of the United States' team for the 2018–19 Regional Super50 tournament in the West Indies and the 2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Three tournament in Oman.[6][7]

In February 2019, he was named as the captain of the United States Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against the United Arab Emirates.[8][9] The matches were the first T20I fixtures to be played by the United States cricket team.[10] He made his T20I debut for the United States against the United Arab Emirates on 15 March 2019.[11]

In April 2019, he was named as the captain of the United States cricket team for the 2019 ICC World Cricket League Division Two tournament in Namibia.[12] The United States finished in the top four places in the tournament, therefore gaining One Day International (ODI) status.[13] Netravalkar made his ODI debut for the United States on 27 April 2019, against Papua New Guinea, in the tournament's third-place playoff.[14]

In June 2019, he was named in a 30-man training squad for the United States cricket team, ahead of the Regional Finals of the 2018–19 ICC T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier tournament in Bermuda.[15] The following month, he was one of twelve players to sign a three-month central contract with USA Cricket.[16] In August 2019, he was named as the captain of the United States' squad for the Regional Finals of the 2018–19 ICC T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier tournament.[17]

In November 2019, he was named as the captain of the United States' squad for the 2019–20 Regional Super50 tournament.[18] The following month, he was named in the United States's squad for the 2019 United Arab Emirates Tri-Nation Series.[19] In the opening match of the series, against the United Arab Emirates, he took five wickets for 32 runs. He became the first bowler for the United States to take a five-wicket haul in an ODI match.[20]

References
  1. "Saurabh Netravalkar". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  2. "Group A, Ranji Trophy at Bengaluru, Dec 22-25 2013". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  3. "Ex-India U-19 star. Software engineer. US cricket captain - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
  4. "Two former India U-19s, ex-WI batsman Marshall named in USA squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  5. "Team USA Squad Selected for ICC World T20 Americas' Qualifier". USA Cricket. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
  6. "Khaleel sacked, Netravalkar named captain for USA's Super50 squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  7. "Hayden Walsh Jr, Aaron Jones in USA squad for WCL Division Three". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
  8. "Xavier Marshall recalled for USA's T20I tour of UAE". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  9. "Team USA squad announced for historic Dubai tour". USA Cricket. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  10. "USA name squad for first-ever T20I". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  11. "1st T20I, United States of America tour of United Arab Emirates at Dubai, Mar 15 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  12. "All to play for in last ever World Cricket League tournament". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  13. "Oman and USA secure ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2 places and ODI status". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  14. "3rd Place Playoff, ICC World Cricket League Division Two at Windhoek, Apr 27 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  15. "Former SA pacer Rusty Theron named in USA squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  16. "Five USA players get 12-month contracts; three pull out of Global T20 Canada". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
  17. "Team USA Squad Announced for ICC T20 World Cup Americas' Regional Final". USA Cricket. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  18. "Team USA Men's Squad Announced for return to Cricket West Indies Super50 tournament". USA Cricket. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  19. "Team USA Men's Squad Announced for ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 series in UAE". USA Cricket. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  20. "Jones, Netravalkar star to give USA early lift off". CricBuzz. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
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