Saurabh Netravalkar

Saurabh Naresh Netravalkar (born 16 October 1991) is an Indian-born American cricketer who has captained the United States team. He is a left-arm medium-fast bowler who represented the India under-19 team.^[1] He made his first-class debut for Mumbai in the 2013–14 Ranji Trophy on 22 December 2013.^[2] He made his List A debut on 27 February 2014, for Mumbai in the 2013–14 Vijay Hazare Trophy.^[3]

Saurabh Netravalkar

Personal information
Full name	Saurabh Naresh Netravalkar
Born	(1991-10-16) 16 October 1991 (age 31) Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Left-arm fast-medium
Role	Bowler
International information
National side	United States
ODI debut (cap 20)	27 April 2019 v PNG
Last ODI	26 November 2022 v Namibia
ODI shirt no.	20
T20I debut (cap 6)	15 March 2019 v UAE
Last T20I	17 July 2022 v PNG
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2023-present	Washington Freedom
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA Matches 19 15 1 51 Runs scored 92 26 3 190 Batting average 13.14 13.00 1.50 8.63 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 Top score 19* 12 3 22 Balls bowled 884 267 192 2,589 Wickets 64 11 3 75 Bowling average 16.48 26.27 25.66 23.89 5 wickets in innings 1 0 0 1 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0 Best bowling 5/32 3/33 2/42 5/32 Catches/stumpings 7/– 4/– 1/– 13/–
Source: Cricinfo, 29 November 2022

Early life

Netravalkar, a software engineer, is an alumnus of Sardar Patel Institute of Technology, Mumbai and Cornell University. He is working for Oracle.^[4]

Career

Junior Cricket

He represented India in 2010 U19 World Cup while playing for India U19. In the tournament he played along KL Rahul, Jaydev Unadkat and Mayank Agarwal etc who future played Indian senior team. While he played for Mumbai cricket team in Ranji trophy etc domestic tournaments. But later alleged lack of opportunities better chances in USA moved there. Players such as Unmukt Chand and others did same.

International cricket

In January 2018, he got selected in the United States national cricket team for the 2017–18 Regional Super50 tournament in the West Indies.^[5] 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.^[6] In October 2018, USA Cricket appointed him 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.^[7][8]

In February 2019, he became US's captain in Twenty20 International (T20I). He led them in a series against UAE.^[9][10] The matches were the first T20I fixtures to be played by the United States national team.^[11] He debuted in T20I in that series on 15 March 2019.^[12]

Further he USA cricket association announced him as their captain for Division 2 U19 World Cup, Namibia on April 2019.^[13] The US finished in the top four places in the tournament, therefore gaining One Day International (ODI) status.^[14] Netravalkar made his ODI debut for the United States on 27 April 2019, against Papua New Guinea, in the tournament's third-place playoff.^[15]

In June 2019, he got selected 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.^[16] The following month, he was one of twelve players to sign a three-month central contract with USA Cricket.^[17] In August 2019, his name was announced as the captain of the United States' team for the Regional Finals of the 2018–19 ICC T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier tournament.^[18]

In November 2019, he led US in the 2019–20 Regional Super50 tournament.^[19] Following to this he played and captained United States's in the 2019 United Arab Emirates Tri-Nation Series.^[20] 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.^[21] In September 2020, he was signed by the Golden State Grizzlies team for the 2021 Minor League Cricket season.^[22]

In October 2021, he played in 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier tournament in Antigua.^[23] In May 2022, he was part of the team which participated in round 12 and round 13 of the 2019–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 tournament.^[24] In the second match of the twelfth round, he became the USA's leading wicket-taker in limited overs cricket.^[25]

In June 2022, he played in 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Global Qualifier B tournament in Zimbabwe.^[26] In the USA's second match of the tournament, against Singapore, he became the first bowler for the United States to take a five-wicket haul in a T20I match.^[27]

Domestic and franchise cricket

In March 2023, Netravalkar was picked by the Washington Freedom in the player's draft to play in the Major League Cricket.

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. "West Zone, Rajkot, Feb 27 2014, Vijay Hazare Trophy". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
4. "Ex-India U-19 star. Software engineer. US cricket captain - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
5. "Two former India U-19s, ex-WI batsman Marshall named in USA squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
6. "Team USA Squad Selected for ICC World T20 Americas' Qualifier". USA Cricket. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
7. "Khaleel sacked, Netravalkar named captain for USA's Super50 squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
8. "Hayden Walsh Jr, Aaron Jones in USA squad for WCL Division Three". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
9. "Xavier Marshall recalled for USA's T20I tour of UAE". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
10. "Team USA squad announced for historic Dubai tour". USA Cricket. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
11. "USA name squad for first-ever T20I". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
12. "1st T20I, United States of America tour of United Arab Emirates at Dubai, Mar 15 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
13. "All to play for in last ever World Cricket League tournament". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
14. "Oman and USA secure ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2 places and ODI status". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
15. "3rd Place Playoff, ICC World Cricket League Division Two at Windhoek, Apr 27 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
16. "Former SA pacer Rusty Theron named in USA squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
17. "Five USA players get 12-month contracts; three pull out of Global T20 Canada". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
18. "Team USA Squad Announced for ICC T20 World Cup Americas' Regional Final". USA Cricket. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
19. "Team USA Men's Squad Announced for return to Cricket West Indies Super50 tournament". USA Cricket. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
20. "Team USA Men's Squad Announced for ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 series in UAE". USA Cricket. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
21. "Jones, Netravalkar star to give USA early lift off". CricBuzz. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
22. usacricket (2 September 2020). "17 of the 24 Squads Confirmed as Inaugural Minor League Cricket Draft is completed". USA Cricket. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
23. "Team USA Men's Squad Named for T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier in Antigua". USA Cricket. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
24. "Team USA men's squad named for home ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 series". USA Cricket. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
25. "Berrington's belligerence, Saurabh's service: League 2 talking points". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
26. "USA name squad for T20 World Cup Qualifier in Zimbabwe". USA Cricket. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
27. "T20 World Cup Qualifier B Wrap: Day 2". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 12 July 2022.

External links

• Saurabh Netravalkar at ESPNcricinfo