The 27-year-old represented India in the 2010 edition of the U-19 cricket World Cup in which he was the highest wicket-taker for the country. The tall left-arm pacer was born in Mumbai and part of the U-19 batch that produced some highly talented cricketers like KL Rahul, Mayank Agarwal, Mandeep Singh, and Jaydev Unadkat.
However, the Ashok Maneria-led side could not repeat the heroics of the highly successful Virat Kohli side which won the trophy for the country in 2008. Saurabh Netravalkar, though, was the pick of the bowlers for India in the tournament which was otherwise disappointing for India.
Like most of the cricketers from the associate nations, Netravalkar also has an alternate profession. He currently works as a software engineer in the USA after completing his Post Graduation in computer science at Cornell University.
His passion for cricket meant that even during his Master’s, he took up cricket and even after he started to work, he traveled six hours to play the game. Now he will get a chance to play international cricket for the USA as a software engineer, who previously represented India at the U-19 level.
0 votes
