Mukesh Kumar
Personal information
Born (1993-10-12) 12 October 1993 (age 30)
Gopalganj, Bihar, India
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium-fast[1]
RoleBowler
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 308)20 July 2023 v West Indies
Last Test3 January 2024 v South Africa
ODI debut (cap 251)27 July 2023 v West Indies
Last ODI21 December 2023 v South Africa
ODI shirt no.49
T20I debut (cap 103)3 August 2023 v West Indies
Last T20I17 January 2024 v Afghanistan
T20I shirt no.49
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2015–presentBengal
2023Delhi Capitals
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I FC
Matches 1 6 11 40
Runs scored 0 10 5 201
Batting average – 10.00 – 8.73
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 0* 6 4* 28
Balls bowled 138 234 203 7258
Wickets 2 5 10 151
Bowling average 26.50 43.40 31.40 21.62
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 6
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 2/48 3/30 3/32 6/40
Catches/stumpings 0/- 1/- 2/- 3/-
Medal record
Men's Cricket
Representing  India
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Hangzhou Team
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 13 August 2023

Mukesh Kumar (born 12 October 1993) is an Indian international cricketer.[2] He made his Test debut in July 2023, playing for India against West Indies.[3] Kumar plays for Delhi Capitals in the Indian Premier League (IPL) and for Bengal in domestic cricket.

Early life

Mukesh Kumar was born on 12 October 1993[2] and originally hails from Kakarkund in Gopalganj district, Bihar. In 2012, he moved to Kolkata at the insistence of his father who ran a taxi business there.[4]

Career

He made his first-class debut on 30 October in the 2015–16 Ranji Trophy.[5] He made his List A debut on 13 December 2015 in the 2015–16 Vijay Hazare Trophy.[6] He made his Twenty20 debut on 6 January 2016 in the 2015–16 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.[7]

International career

He got his maiden call-up for Indian cricket team in September 2022 for the ODI series against South Africa. In December 2022, he was picked in the Indian cricket team for their Twenty20 International (T20I) series against Sri Lanka.[8] In June 2023, he was named in the Indian squad for all three formats for the tour of West Indies.[9][10] He made his debut in the second Test of the series on 20 July 2023 at Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad.[11] There, he took his maiden Test wicket – that of Kirk McKenzie – finishing with figures of 2/48 from 18 overs in the first innings and 0/5 from 5 overs in the second innings of the Test match.[11]

He made his ODI debut in the first match of the series against West Indies on 27 July 2023 at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados.[12] There, he took his maiden ODI wicket – that of Alick Athanaze – finishing with figures of 1/22 from 5 overs.[12]

He made his T20I debut in the first match of the series against West Indies on 3 August 2023 at Brian Lara Stadium, Tarouba, Trinidad.[13]

Personal life

In 2023, Mukesh Kumar married Chhapra based Divya Singh in Gorakhpur.[14]

See also

References

  1. ^ "WI vs IND: Mukesh Kumar picks maiden ODI wicket in debut match at Barbados". India Today. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Mukesh Kumar". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  3. ^ "IND vs WI 2nd Test: Mukesh Kumar makes Test debut in place of injured Shardul Thakur". The Indian Express. 20 July 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
  4. ^ "For West Indies Tests, India pick work-horse pacer from Gopalganj in Bihar". The Indian Express. 23 June 2023. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  5. ^ "Ranji Trophy, Group A: Haryana v Bengal at Rohtak, Oct 30 – Nov 2, 2015". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  6. ^ "Vijay Hazare Trophy, Group D: Bengal v Uttar Pradesh at Rajkot, Dec 13, 2015". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
  7. ^ "Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, Group A: Bengal v Gujarat at Nagpur, Jan 6, 2016". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  8. ^ "Hardik to lead India in T20I series against Sri Lanka; Rohit returns for ODIs; Pant not in either squad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  9. ^ "Pujara dropped; Jaiswal and Gaikwad in India's Test squad for West Indies". ESPNcricinfo. 23 June 2023. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  10. ^ "Youngsters earn call-up as India name T20I squad for West Indies". ICC. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  11. ^ a b "IND vs WI, India in West Indies in 2023, 2nd Test at Port Of Spain, July 20–24, 2023". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  12. ^ a b "WI vs IND, India in West Indies in 2023, 1st ODI at Bridgetown, July 27, 2023". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  13. ^ "WI vs IND, India in West Indies in 2023, 1st T20I at Tarouba, August 03, 2023". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  14. ^ "Mukesh Kumar Wedding: एक हुए दो दिल, भारत के फास्ट बॉलर मुकेश कुमार ने रचाई शादी, इस लड़की को बनाया अपना हमसफर". Jagran (in Hindi). 29 November 2023.

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