Ravi Kumar U19 Cricketer Biography | Career, Family, Stats

Ravi Kumar U19 Cricketer Biography: A CRPF personnel’s son Ravi Kumar who hails from Odisha’s Maoist-affected Rayagada district comes under the radar when he took three wickets for 14 runs to set up India’s five-wicket victory over Bangladesh in Quarter-Finals of the ICC U19 WC 2022.

Ravi Kumar U19 Cricketer Biography – Overview

Ravi Kumar U19 Cricketer Biography

• Ravi Kumar was born in Kolkata on October 29 in 2003
• His father Rajendra Singh works as a Assistant Sub Inspector in CRPF.
• He has a brother and sister which makes a total of 5 members family including their parents.
• Later his family moved to Aligarh in Uttar Pradesh, where he started playing tennis-ball cricket.
• Ravi’s childhood coach Arvind Bhardwaj taught him the nuances of the game and then he returned to Kolkata only to ply his trade for Bengal.
• The Uttar Pradesh-born Ravi followed the footsteps of Mohammed Shami and played for Bengal.

Ravi Kumar U19 Cricketer Career

• At the age of 13 years, Ravi Kumar started playing in the second division before quickly leaping to the first division.
• The left-arm pacer who played for Ballygunge United had come for U-16 Bengal trials in 2019 but was rejected after he failed to clear the Bone test for age verification.
• As per officials in the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB), southpaw Ravi who played for Ballygunge United had come for U-16 Bengal trials in 2019 but was rejected after he failed to clear the TW3 (Bone test for age verification) test.
• However, a good CAB T20 league tournament for Kanchenjungha Warriors got him into Bengal U-19 reckoning as former India opener and national selector Devang Gandhi and assistant coach (bowling) Jayanta Ghosh Dastidar worked with him.
• On 2021, he was picked for Bengal’s U-19 team for the Vinoo Mankad Trophy. His success earned him a place in the Challengers Trophy, a tri-series at home and the Asia Cup
• Even Ravi’s teammate Debapratim Haldar was considered for much more talented in the Vinoo Mankad tournament 2021. But Devang spoke to officials and gave Ravi a place in India’s Under-19 Challengers squad.
• In the Under-19 Challengers 2021, Ravi Kumar was named in India A squad led by Yash Dhull. With Harnoor Singh‘s 129* India D won the finals of the tournament by 9 wickets where Ravi Kumar picked a single wicket.
• BCCI named Ravi Kumar as a part of the ACC U19 Asia Cup 2021 squad led by Yash Dhull.
  • • On December 23, 2022, in the group match against UAE, Ravi Kumar failed to bag a single wicket and didn’t get a chance to bat – a worst start from the youngster while playing for India.
    • On December 30, 2021, in the 2nd Semi-Final against Bangladesh U19 Ravi Kumar bags two wickets which are the maiden wickets for the youngster in the tournament.
    • On December 31, 2021, in the finals against Sri Lanka U19, India won the match by 9 wickets by the DLS method where Ravi Kumar bagged a single wicket with an economy of 2.10.
• Ravi Kumar was named in the ICC U19 World Cup 2022 squad led by Yash Dhull.
  • • On January 15, 2022, Ravi Kumar made the debut U19 World Cup against South Africa and got a chance to bat only 2 balls and went wicketless while losing 30 runs for 7 overs.
    • On January 19, 2022, Ravi Kumar bags his maiden ICC T20 WC 2022 wicket by dismissing Ireland opening batsman Liam Doherty for 7 runs.
    • On January 22, 2022, India registered their biggest victory by runs in the U19 World Cup 2022 after defeating Uganda by 326 runs but Ravi went wicketless and didn’t get a chance to bat.
    • On January 29, 2022, in the Quarter-Final 2 against Bangladesh Ravi Kumar picked 3 wickets for 14 runs in 7 overs he bowled.
    • India youngster Ravi Kumar was seen emulating the ‘Siu’ celebration after picking up a wicket against Bangladesh in the quarter-final of the Under-19 World Cup 2022.
    • The paceman reduced the opposition to 14 for three to help India get off to an impressive start in the contest at Antigua.
    • India youngster Ravi Kumar was also seen emulating the ‘Siu’ celebration after picking up a wicket against Bangladesh in the quarter-final of the ongoing Under-19 World Cup.
    • The paceman reduced the opposition to 14 for three to help India get off to an impressive start in the contest at Antigua.
    • On February 2, 2022, in Semi-Final 2 against Australia Ravi picked 2 wickets for 37 runs while bowling 6 overs.
    • On February 5, 2022, in the finals against England U19, Ravi Kumar bags his best figure of the ICC U19 WC 2022 tournament by picking 4 wickets for 34 runs.

 

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