Sumit Kumar (born 30 December 1995) is an Indian

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er,

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and a member of the

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Career

Kumar was selected to play for Jharkhand U-16 team. He made his

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debut on 3 January 2016 in the

2015–16 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy The 2015–16 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy was the eighth edition of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, an annual Twenty20 tournament in India. Played from 2 to 20 January 2016, it was contested by all 27 Ranji Trophy teams. Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pr ...

and went on to represent the same side for the next 2 years. He made his

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debut for Jharkhand in the

2017–18 Vijay Hazare Trophy The 2017–18 Vijay Hazare Trophy was the 25th edition of the Vijay Hazare Trophy, an annual List A cricket tournament in India. It was held between 5 and 27 February 2018. Tamil Nadu cricket team, Tamil Nadu were the 2016–17 Vijay Hazare Tro ...

on 5 February 2018. He was selected to play for the

Jharkhand Jharkhand (; ) is a States and union territories of India, state in East India, eastern India. The state shares its border with the states of West Bengal to the east, Chhattisgarh to the west, Uttar Pradesh to the northwest, Bihar to the north ...

U-19 team which he represented thrice also scoring an unbeaten 203 against Assam. In October 2014 he was selected to be the vice captain for the Jharkhand Cooch Behar U19 Trophy. He was later on was also selected to attend the U19 and the U23 JSCA camp. He was the leading run-scorer for

in the 2016–17 C.K.Nayudu trophy, with 535 runs in four matches where he also hit a high score of 178 in 240 balls. He has represented Jharkhand in various tournaments Vijay hazare trophy in 2015-16,2016-17 and 2018-19 and Vinoo Mankad trophy in 2012-13 & 2013-14. He is a first class Ranji Trophy player from 2015 till date. He currently has a job at RBI and represents the RBI All India Team.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kumar, Sumit 1995 births Living people Indian cricketers Jharkhand cricketers People from Bokaro Steel City Wicket-keepers