It is a dream come true moment for 28-year old Sourabh Kumar, who has been named in the India’s squad to square off against Sri Lanka in a two-match Test series at home. It would be exciting to see if Kumar who is an spin all-rounder gets a game under the leadership of India’s new Test skipper Rohit Sharma.
Born on May 1, 1993 Kumar hails from Baghpat, Uttar Pradesh. The left-arm spinner has played domestic cricket for UP at U-19 and U-22 levels. However, he made his Ranji Trophy debut for Services in 2014 playing against Himachal Pradesh. The all-rounder scored 45 runs in the match and took one wicket as well.
Later, Kumar switched to his home side UP. In his brief career of 44 first-class matches, the left-arm all-rounder has taken a total of 192 wickets going at an economy of 2.70. His best figures include a 7-wicket haul after spending just 32 runs in the process.
Kumar has been a part of Punjab Kings and Rising Super Giants in IPL
Known for his economic bowling spells, Kumar’s economy rate in List-A format is 4.38. In T20 cricket, he spends around 7.04 runs per over. As a result, Rising Pune Supergiants purchased him for Rs 10 lakh at IPL auction in 2017. However, he didn’t got a game in the entire season. Similarly, the Punjab Kings bagged him in 2021 IPL auction at a price of Rs 20 lakh, but Kumar didn’t get a game in that season as well.
Talking about his batting ability, Kumar has scored 1,549 runs in 61 innings in First-class cricket. He also has two centuries and eight fifties under his name.
In his List-A career thus far, Kumar has managed to scalp 37 wickets in 24 innings. His aggregate in this format has been 173 runs in 16 innings.
