Ravikumar Samarth (born 22 January 1993) is an Indian
cricket
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er who plays for
Karnataka cricket team
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. He is a right-handed top-order batsman and occasional right-arm
off break
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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.
Early and personal life
Samarth did his schooling at the
Bishop Cotton Boys' School
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The school is bordered by Residency Road, St Mark's Road, L ...
and B'Com at
SBM Jain College which comes under the umbrella of
Jain University
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History
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, Bangalore. While studying at Bishop Cottons, he trained at the Karnataka Institute of Cricket.
[ He also led his school cricket team at the U-14 and U-16 levels, often opening both batting and bowling. He ended leading multiple winning inter-school cricket teams in India. While at school, he was renowned for intensity on the field and his clam demeanor off it. His father Ravikumar works as a clerk in ]State Bank of India
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. He has an elder sister Mowna who works at Yahoo
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.He recently got engaged to Uttara Prakash and posted it on Instagram on 1 January which was his 100th post on Instagram.[
According to his father, he was a good sprinter and tennis player.][
]
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.[
In 2013, he scored six hundreds from eight innings for KSCA President's XI in the Safi Darashah Trophy, including five hundreds in succession.]2018–19 Deodhar Trophy
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. In February 2022, he was bought by the Sunrisers Hyderabad
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in the auction
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for the 2022 Indian Premier League
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tournament.
References
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1993 births
Living people
Indian cricketers
India Green cricketers
Karnataka cricketers
Cricketers from Mysore
Indian A cricketers