Ravikumar Samarth

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In this Indian name, the name Ravikumar is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Samarth.

Ravikumar Samarth
Personal information
Full nameRavikumar Samarth
Born (1993-01-22) 22 January 1993 (age 28)
Mysore, Karnataka, India
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off break
RoleBatsman
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2013/14–presentKarnataka
Career statistics
Competition FC List A T20
Matches 66 39 23
Runs scored 4171 1781 275
Batting average 38.62 53.96 13.75
100s/50s 9/20 7/8 0/0
Top score 235 192 40
Balls bowled 624 – –
Wickets 5 – –
Bowling average 83.00 – –
5 wickets in innings 0 – –
10 wickets in match 0 – –
Best bowling 2/67 – –
Catches/stumpings 72/– 17/– 9/–
Source: Cricinfo, 18 January 2020

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]

Early and personal life[]

Samarth 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 1st January which was his 100th post on Instagram.[1]

According to his father, he was a good sprinter and tennis player.[1]

Career[]

Samarth 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]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d "Watch out for Ravikumar Samarth". Times of India. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
  2. ^ http://www.jainuniversity.ac.in/
  3. ^ a b Achal, Ashwin (18 August 2013). "Six of the best". The Hindu. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
  4. ^ "Ranji Trophy, Group A: Karnataka v Mumbai at Bangalore, Dec 22–25, 2013". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
  5. ^ "Rahane, Ashwin and Karthik to play Deodhar Trophy". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 October 2018.

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