Today the Indian team will face America in the T20 World Cup 2024. Batting first in this match, America scored 110 runs. In response, the Indian team had a bad start. Virat Kohli, who came to open the match, fell prey to a golden duck while playing one ball. America’s left-arm fast bowler Saurabh Netravalkar shocked India on the second ball of the first over. After Kohli, Saurabh also made captain Rohit Sharma his victim. Meanwhile, Saurabh achieved a big achievement by taking Kohli’s wicket.

Became the first bowler to dismiss Virat Kohli for a golden duck in an ICC event.

Actually, left-arm fast bowler Saurabh Netravalkar of the US team has been in the headlines for the last few days. Saurabh played an important role in America’s victory against Pakistan. In that match, Saurabh took 2 wickets and America won in the super over. After this, in the match against India in the T20 World Cup 2024, the American bowler wreaked havoc with the ball and hurt Team India in the very first over.

In this match, Saurabh proved to be a legend for his country of birth i.e. India. He dismissed Kohli on a golden duck and became the first bowler to dismiss Kohli on a golden duck in an ICC event. After this, Rohit was dismissed by Saurabh on a personal score of 3 runs.

Saurabh Netravalkar was born on 16 October 1991 in Mumbai. He played for the Mumbai team in the Cooch Behar Trophy tournament played in the year 2008-09. Meanwhile, Suryakumar Yadav was also a part of his team. After this, his strong performance got him a place in the Under-19. He was part of the Indian team along with KL Rahul and Mayank Agarwal in the 2010 Under-19 World Cup. Along with this, he gave 16 runs in 5 overs and took one maiden and 1 wicket for India in the quarter-finals of the Under-19 World Cup. During that time, Saurabh was also the highest wicket-taker for India.

Surya’s friend Saurabh Netravalkar is a software engineer.
Let us tell you that Saurabh Netravalar had said in an interview that in the year 2015, he went to America mainly to do Masters in Computer Science. He had no idea that he would ever play cricket. His life changed when he started playing club cricket in California.

Club level college cricket was going on. So he started playing for fun and enjoyment, but gradually the passion was rekindled and he moved to USA where he made his debut for USA in the year 2019. 32-year-old Saurabh got a job as a software engineer, but nothing beats luck. He decided to become a cricketer.