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Shreyas Gopal

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Shreyas Gopal
Gopal in a post-match presentation during 2019 IPL
Personal information
Full name
Ramswamy Shreyas Gopal
Born (1993-09-04) 4 September 1993 (age 31)
Bangalore, Karnataka, India
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm leg break
RoleAll-rounder
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2013/14–2022/23Karnataka
2014–2017Mumbai Indians (squad no. 19)
2018–2021Rajasthan Royals (squad no. 37)
2022Sunrisers Hyderabad
2023–Kerala cricket team
2024 -Mumbai Indians
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 56 29 49
Runs scored 2,431 328 235
Batting average 35.75 29.81 15.66
100s/50s 4/9 0/0 0/0
Top score 161* 38 39
Balls bowled 8,047 1,143 845
Wickets 184 46 59
Bowling average 26.19 20.28 17.35
5 wickets in innings 6 2 1
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling 5/17 5/19 5/11
Catches/stumpings 17/– 10/– 13/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 4 May 2019

Ramaswamy Shreyas Gopal[1] (born 4 September 1993) is an Indian cricketer who plays for Kerala in domestic cricket. He is an all-rounder who bats right-handed, and bowls leg break. He played three ODIs for India Under-19 cricket team in 2011.[2] He had captained Karnataka at various age levels such as Under-13, Under-15, Under-16 and Under-19.[3]

Domestic career

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Gopal made his debut for Karnataka in 2013. On 12 February 2014, Gopal picked the first hat-trick in Irani Cup history against Rest of India, which helped Karnataka win the Irani Cup.[4] In August 2019, he was named in the India Blue team's squad for the 2019–20 Duleep Trophy.[5][6]

In October 2018, he was named in India A's squad for the 2018–19 Deodhar Trophy.[7]

Indian Premier League

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He was bought by Mumbai Indians in the 2014 IPL auction, where he spent four seasons.

In January 2018, he was bought by the Rajasthan Royals in the 2018 IPL auction.[8] On 30 April 2019, he took a hat-trick against Royal Challengers Bangalore in the 2019 Indian Premier League, which included the wickets of Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers and Marcus Stoinis.[9] Shreyas Gopal picked up a hat-trick in the shortest IPL game ever.[10]

In February 2022, he was bought by the Sunrisers Hyderabad in the auction for the 2022 Indian Premier League tournament.[11]

He was bought by Mumbai Indians in the 2024 IPL auction.

Personal life

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Shreyas Gopal studied at The Frank Anthony Public School, Bangalore. He completed his Bcom (Bachelor of Commerce) from Jain University.[12]

His father Ramaswamy Gopal was a club cricketer for 20 years while his mother Amitha played volleyball at state level.[13] During his childhood he liked to imitate the bowling action of his role model Anil Kumble.[14]

References

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  1. ^ "Shreyas Gopal - CricketArchive profile". CricketArchive.
  2. ^ "Under-19 ODI Matches played by Shreyas Gopal". CricketArchive.
  3. ^ "Rahul Dravid is my cricketing God, says Shreyas Gopal". Times of India. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
  4. ^ "Shreyas Gopal records first hat-trick of Irani Cup history - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  5. ^ "Shubman Gill, Priyank Panchal and Faiz Fazal to lead Duleep Trophy sides". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  6. ^ "Duleep Trophy 2019: Shubman Gill, Faiz Fazal and Priyank Panchal to lead as Indian domestic cricket season opens". Cricket Country. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  7. ^ "Rahane, Ashwin and Karthik to play Deodhar Trophy". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  8. ^ "List of sold and unsold players". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  9. ^ "Gopal hat-trick in washout, RCB eliminated". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  10. ^ Rajarshi Gupta (1 May 2019). "IPL 2019: Shreyas Gopal of Rajasthan Royals claims a hat-trick in 5-over game vs RCB". India Today. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  11. ^ "IPL 2022 auction: The list of sold and unsold players". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
  12. ^ Notable Alumni Jain University
  13. ^ "Rahul Dravid is my cricketing God, says Shreyas Gopal | New Zealand in India 2016 News - Times of India".
  14. ^ IANS. "No Pressure, But Dream to Don India Colors Soon: Shreyas Gopal". India West. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
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