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 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 in Bangalore. While studying at Bishop Cottons, he trained at the Karnataka Institute of Cricket.[2] 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.[2] He made his first-class debut for Karnataka against Mumbai in December 2013 and scored 18 and 75 in that match opening the innings.[3]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Watch out for Ravikumar Samarth". Times of India. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Six of the best". The Hindu. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
  3. ↑ "Ranji Trophy, Group A: Karnataka v Mumbai at Bangalore, Dec 22-25, 2013". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 March 2015.

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