Ishan Porel (; born 5 September 1998) is an Indian
cricket
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er.
He made his
List A
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debut for
Bengal
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in the
2016–17 Vijay Hazare Trophy
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Bengal ( ...
on 25 February 2017.
He made his
first-class debut for Bengal in the
2017–18 Ranji Trophy
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on 9 November 2017.
He played for
Punjab Kings
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in the
Indian Premier League
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.
Early life
Porel is originally from the city
Chandannagar
Chandannagar (), also known by its former names Chandannagore and Chandernagor (), is a city in the Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is headquarter of the Chandannagore subdivision and is a part of the area covered by Ko ...
, about 50 km away from
Kolkata
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.
His family has a long tradition of sports, with his father and grandfather playing
Kabaddi
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. His grandfather Subodh Chandra Porel represented India while his father Chandranath Porel played for Bengal in the state level. So taking sports seriously has become a sort of Porel's family tradition. Cricket may have been his first love, but it wasn't the first sport he pursued.
"There was no objection from family as to which sport I pick up. I started off from swimming and table tennis, but I wasn't enjoying those games. When I started playing cricket and started enjoying it, my parents cautioned me. If you pursue another sport and drop off, it won't be good for me."
Porel started his cricketing journey at the National Sporting Club in his hometown,
Chandannagar
Chandannagar (), also known by its former names Chandannagore and Chandernagor (), is a city in the Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is headquarter of the Chandannagore subdivision and is a part of the area covered by Ko ...
. He came to
Kolkata
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in 2012 for a cricket clinic. Inspired by
Sachin Tendulkar
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and
Sourav Ganguly
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, Porel auditioned for batting. Later, he took up fast bowing on the advice of his coaches, who saw a pacer in his tall, slender and lanky frame.
Personal life
He is the cousin of
Indian
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wicket-keeper
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batter Abhishek Porel
Abishek Porel () is an Indian cricketer. He plays for Delhi Capitals in the Indian Premier League and for Bengal in domestic cricket. He is a wicket-keeper batsman who bats left-handed.
Porel has played in sixteen first-class matches to the e ...
.
Domestic career
Porel made his List A debut for Bengal in the
2016–17 Vijay Hazare Trophy
The 2016–17 Vijay Hazare Trophy was the 24th edition of the Vijay Hazare Trophy, an annual List A cricket tournament in India. It was held between 25 February and 20 March 2017. Tamil Nadu won the tournament, beating Bengal
Bengal ( ...
against Vidarbha and first-class debut for the state side in the
2017–18 Ranji Trophy
The 2017–18 Ranji Trophy was the 84th season of the Ranji Trophy, the premier first-class cricket tournament that took place in India between October 2017 and January 2018. Vidarbha won the tournament, beating Delhi by 9 wickets in the final, ...
against Haryana. He featured in Bengal's win over Delhi in the Cooch Behar Trophy final and earned a call-up for Youth ODIs against England at home. In July 2018, he was named in the squad for India Red for the
2018–19 Duleep Trophy
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.
In August 2019, he was named in the India Green team's squad for the
2019–20 Duleep Trophy
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. Two months later, he was named in the
India C squad for the
2019–20 Deodhar Trophy
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. Porel was selected for the
India A
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tour of New Zealand in January and February 2020.
Indian Premier League
In the
2020 IPL auction, he was bought by the
Kings XI Punjab
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ahead of the
2020 Indian Premier League
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. On 21 September 2021, in the 32nd match of the
2021 Indian Premier League
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, Porel made his IPL debut, against the
Rajasthan Royals
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. In the match, he bowled four overs, conceded 39 runs and took one wicket. He did not feature in any of the rest of the matches of the tournament. In February 2022, he was bought by the
Punjab Kings
The Punjab Kings, also known as PBKS, formerly known as Kings XI Punjab, are a professional Twenty20 cricket team based in New Chandigarh, Punjab, that competes in the Indian Premier League (IPL). The franchise is jointly owned by Mohit Burm ...
in the
auction
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for the
2022 Indian Premier League
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tournament.
International career
Porel was called up to the U19 World Cup side in December 2017.
In December 2017, Porel was named in India's squad for the
2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup
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.
He injured himself in the World Cup tournament opener and was ruled out of rest of the league matches. Porel played his first match of the tournament in the quarterfinal against Bangladesh. He immediately impressed, bowling 5 overs for 8 runs. He grabbed headlines with figures of 4/17 in the next match against Pakistan in the semifinal of the event at Christchurch. Throughout the tournament, Porel routinely took the new ball for India, with Nagarkoti coming in as first-change.
On 26 October 2020, Porel was named as one of four additional bowlers to travel with the
India cricket team
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for their
tour to Australia. In June 2021, he was named as one of five net bowlers for India's
tour of Sri Lanka. Following a positive case for
COVID-19
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in the Indian team, Porel was added to India's main squad for their final two
Twenty20 International
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(T20I) matches of the tour, albeit he did not get the chance to play in any of those couple of matches
References
External links
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1998 births
Living people
Indian cricketers
Bengal cricketers
India Red cricketers
Punjab Kings cricketers
21st-century Indian sportsmen
Cricketers from West Bengal
People from Chandannagar