ICC Men’s T20 World Cup: Saurabh Netravalkar’s journey from an Indian hopeful to a USA cricket star
Netravalkar picked up the wickets of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma in the match between the United States and India at the 2024 T20 World Cup in New York.
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It was the second ball of the Indian innings. Virat Kohli faced somebody who he could have been teammates with had things worked out differently – Saurabh Netravalkar.
A graduate of the class of the 2010 Indian Under-19 team, Mumbai-born and bred Netravalkar had dazzled on the biggest stage of his career, when he orchestrated the Super-Over victory for United States of America against Pakistan in their ICC Men’s T20 World Cup group stage match in Dallas on June 7.
But on Wednesday, up against a team from his country of birth, donning the jersey of his adopted nation, Netravalkar was about to wreak havoc.
Kohli stepped up and tried to feel for a length ball that was in the channel. Unfortunately for the veteran Indian batter, this wasn’t the ball to fiddle around with, and he ended up edging it to Andries Gous, the American wicketkeeper. India were 6/1 inside the first two balls of their innings.
Next up, India captain Rohit Sharma. Not just a Mumbai boy, but one who was familiar with the neighbourhoods and maidans that also shaped Netravalkar.
This time, it was the second ball of his second over that bamboozled Sharma with a scrambled seam delivery that saw the India captain mistime a shot and provide Harmeet Singh...
