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Praveen Kumar

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Player profile

Full name Praveenkumar Sakat Singh
Born October 2, 1986, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh
Current age 21 years 228 days
Major teams India, Air India, Bangalore Royal Challengers, India Red, Uttar Pradesh
Playing role Bowler
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium

Batting and fielding averages
Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s Ct St
ODIs 5 3 0 25 12 8.33 28 89.28 0 0 2 0 2 0
T20Is 1 1 0 6 6 6.00 10 60.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
First-class 25 42 2 945 78 23.62 1274 74.17 0 5 102 31 4 0
List A 44 39 2 892 64 24.10 847 105.31 0 4 9 0
Twenty20 15 14 3 194 76* 17.63 157 123.56 0 1 20 7 3 0

Bowling averages
Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 4w 5w 10
ODIs 5 5 300 225 10 4/31 4/31 22.50 4.50 30.0 2 0 0
T20Is 1 1 12 15 1 1/15 1/15 15.00 7.50 12.0 0 0 0
First-class 25 47 5649 2709 126 8/68 10/160 21.50 2.87 44.8 11 8 1
List A 44 2268 1647 79 5/32 5/32 20.84 4.35 28.7 3 2 0
Twenty20 15 15 324 370 15 3/23 3/23 24.66 6.85 21.6 0 0 0

Career statistics
ODI debut India v Pakistan at Jaipur, Nov 18, 2007 scorecard
Last ODI Australia v India at Brisbane, Mar 4, 2008 scorecard
ODI statistics
Only T20I Australia v India at Melbourne, Feb 1, 2008 scorecard
T20I statistics
First-class debut Uttar Pradesh v Haryana at Kanpur, Nov 23-26, 2005 scorecard
Last First-class Delhi v Uttar Pradesh at Mumbai, Jan 16-19, 2008 scorecard
List A debut 2004/05
Last List A Central Zone v South Zone at Hyderabad (Decc), Mar 20, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut Railways v Uttar Pradesh at Jaipur, Apr 3, 2007 scorecard
Last Twenty20 Rajasthan Royals v Bangalore Royal Challengers at Jaipur, May 17, 2008 scorecard
 Profile

Praveen Kumar honed his reputation as a man of many parts: A fast bowler with the ability to toil away on unresponsive Indian wickets who can double up as a carefree hitter down the order and as a surprise opener. Beginning his career in the Uttar Pradesh Under-19 team alongside RP Singh, Piyush Chawla, and Suresh Raina, he soon graduated to first-class cricket and shone on his Ranji Trophy debut, picking up nine wickets against Haryana. Kumar was key to UP winning the title in his first Ranji season, taking 41 wickets and scoring 368 runs. His consistency - 90 wickets in two first-class seasons - earned him a call-up to the India A squad touring Kenya in 2007.

Kumar excelled with both bat and ball in a triangular one-day tournament involving India A, Sri Lanka A and Kenya, winning the Man-of-the-Series award. He continued his fine run in the Challenger Trophy, during which he received his maiden call-up to the national squad for the first two ODIs against Pakistan. Another strong Ranji Trophy series, including eight wickets in an innings during the final, earned him a spot in India's 16-man squad for the CB Series in Australia. He returned with his reputation enhanced - claiming 10 wickets in four games, including a match-winning spell in the final.
Cricinfo Staff March 2008



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