Ravikumar Samarth

In this Indian name, the name Ravikumar is a patronymic, not a family name, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Samarth.
Ravikumar Samarth
Personal information
Full name Ravikumar Samarth
Born (1993-01-22) 22 January 1993
Mysore, Karnataka, India
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right-arm off break
Role Batsman
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2013/14–present Karnataka
Career statistics
Competition FC List A T20
Matches 10 2 3
Runs scored 757 21 42
Batting average 42.05 21.00 14.00
100s/50s 2/3 0/0 0/0
Top score 180 21 19
Balls bowled 228 - -
Wickets 3 - -
Bowling average 53.00 - -
5 wickets in innings 0 - -
10 wickets in match 0 n/a n/a
Best bowling 2/67 - -
Catches/stumpings 7/- 1/– 0/-
Source: Cricinfo, 14 March 2015

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] His father Ravikumar works as a clerk in State Bank of India. He has an elder sister Mowna who works at Yahoo!.[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]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Watch out for Ravikumar Samarth". Times of India. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
  2. ↑ http://www.jainuniversity.ac.in/
  3. 1 2 "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.
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