Leader Online Desk | Saurabh Netravalkar: The cricket team was certain to defeat the USA, as some cricket lovers predicted, but the team literally lived up to the phrase “cricket is a game of chance” and thoroughly cleaned up an experienced team like Pakistan. The architect of this victory was Saurabh Netravalkar. Pakistan's batsmen were thrown into a frenzy by his penetrating knock in the Super Over. USA registered a historic victory in international cricket. Saurabh Netravalkar's performance is appreciated by cricket lovers. Now he has made a big statement about Team India.
Saurabh is a member of India's Under-19 team
Born in Mumbai, Netravalkar was an Indian youth team player. He played for India under-19 team along with Mayank Agarwal, KL Rahul and many others. At that time, the Indian team was out of the playoffs in the U-19 World Cup. In the 2010 U-19 World Cup, Saurabh took nine wickets in six matches. Three wickets for 25 runs were his best performance. He moved to America for some reasons. He is now representing USA in international cricket.
'It will be a very emotional moment'
The moment of meeting former teammates will be special for me,” Saurabh said while talking about the Indian cricket team. It is a very special feeling for everyone. We have worked hard for the competition. To be honest, we didn't think we would win the match against Pakistan. We only thought of giving our best, he added.
Cricket career of Saurabh Netravalkar
Saurabh has played 48 ODIs and 29 T20 Internationals for USA in his cricket career. He has taken 78 wickets in ODIs and 29 in T20Is. His best performance in ODIs is 5 wickets for 32 runs. 5 wickets for 12 runs is his best bowling performance in T20Is. He has one first-class match to his name, in which he has taken three wickets. Along with this, he has taken 117 wickets in 80 Grade-A matches. He has a total of 29 matches to his name, including league and international T20s, in which he has taken 29 wickets.
WHAT. A. FINISH!!!! 🤩🤩#TeamUSA wins their second match of the @ICC @T20WorldCup against Pakistan by 5 runs! 🔥#T20WorldCup | #USAvPK | #WeAreUSACricket 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/hYuDW0zvTj
— USA Cricket (@usacricket) June 6, 2024
