Vathsal Govind (born 2 January 2000) is an Indian

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er who represents

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in domestic cricket. He is a right-handed batsman and occasional left-arm

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bowler.

Early life

Vathsal was born on 2 January 2000 in

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to Govind Kanakan and Ruma Govind Sharma. He started playing cricket at the age of five. With limited opportunities to train at the academies he joined in Delhi, his mother set up a cricket academy in 2011. In 2015, Vathsal gained selection to the Delhi U-16 squad. A year later, Vathsal moved to Kerala for professional and personal reasons. As of 2018, he is a degree student at

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Domestic career

Vathsal was selected to play for

U-16 team in 2015. In 2016, his family moved to

where he continued his cricket career. He was part of the India Green team for U-19 Challenger Trophy 2018. He captained the

U-19 team for

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in the 2018-19 season and ended up being the top run-getter of the season with 1235 runs from 8 matches. His performance in the Cooch Behar Trophy pave way to the Kerala squad for 2018-19 Ranji Trophy as a replacement to an injured

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. He debuted for Kerala in first-class cricket on 14 December 2018 against

in the same season. In February 2019, he along with his Kerala teammate Varun Nayanar was selected to play two Youth test matches for India U-19 against South Africa A. He made his

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debut on 20 February 2021, for Kerala in the

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. He finished the tournament as Kerala's second-highest run-scorer with 292 runs from 5 matches, including career-best 95 against

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. He captained KCA Tuskers on

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. In the

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against, he scored his maiden century in first-class cricket

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Govind, Vathsal 2000 births Living people Indian cricketers 21st-century Indian sportsmen Kerala cricketers