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Praveen Kumar

Praveen Kumar
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Personal information
Full name Praveen Kumar
Born (1986-10-02) 2 October 1986 (age 30)
Matour, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India
Batting style Right-hand batsman
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Role Bowler
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 268) 20 June 2011 v West Indies
Last Test 13 August 2011 v England
ODI debut (cap 170) 18 November 2007 v Pakistan
Last ODI 18 March 2012 v Sri Lanka
ODI shirt no. 8
T20I debut (cap 20) 1 February 2008 v Australia
Last T20I 30 March 2012 v South Africa
Domestic team information
Years Team
2004/05–present Uttar Pradesh
2008–2010 Royal Challengers Bangalore
2011-2013 Kings XI Punjab (#8)
2014 Mumbai Indians (#88)
2015 Sunrisers Hyderabad (#88)
2016-present Gujarat Lions (#5)
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC List A
Matches 6 68 63 134
Runs scored 149 292 2,055 1,437
Batting average 14.90 13.90 23.08 20.52
100s/50s 0/0 0/1 0/11 0/6
Top score 40 54* 98 64
Balls bowled 1,611 3,242 13,762 6,518
Wickets 27 77 260 179
Bowling average 25.81 36.02 23.64 28.89
5 wickets in innings 1 0 17 2
10 wickets in match 0 n/a 1 n/a
Best bowling 5/106 4/31 8/68 5/32
Catches/stumpings 2/– 11/– 12/– 20/–
Source: ESPNCricinfo, 21 September 2016

Praveen Kumar (About this sound pronunciation , born 2 October 1986) is an Indian right-hand medium-pace bowler. In first class cricket, he plays for Uttar Pradesh cricket team. He relies on his ability to swing the ball both ways along with line and length.

He was born at Laprana village of Muzaffarnagar district in a Hindu Jat farmer family on 2 July 1986 to a police head constable Mr. Sakat Singh Khaiwal and Mrs. Murti Devi Khaiwal. He married Sapna Choudhary in 2010, she is a national-level Shooting sport player.

He owns a farmhouse in Barnava village and Praveen Restaurant and Wedding Banquet in Meerut on NH-58 Rohtak Road Crossing.

He entered politics by joining Samajwadi Party prior to the UP assembly elections.

Praveen Kumar first came to limelight for his performances for India Red in the NKP Salve Challenger Trophy 2007.

He made his One Day International cricket debut for the India national cricket team against Pakistan national cricket team at Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur in November 2007.


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