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| Full name | Vathsal Govind Sharma | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 2 January 2000 New Delhi, India | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed bat | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Left-arm legbreak | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018-present | Kerala | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 19 May 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Vathsal Govind Sharma (born 2 January 2000) is an Indian cricketer who represents Kerala in domestic cricket.[1]
Early life
Vathsal was born on 2 January 2000 in Delhi[1] to Keralite Govind Kanakan and Ruma Govind Sharma. He started playing at the age of five. As he didn't get desired opportunities to train at the academies he joined in Delhi his mother set up a cricket academy in 2011. In 2015, Vathsal was selected to the Delhi U-16 squad. A year later Vathsal moved to Kerala for cricketing and family reasons.[2] Vathsal is a degree student at Sree Kerala Varma College, Thrissur.[3]
Domestic cricket
Vathsal was selected to play for Delhi Under-16 team in 2015. On 2016 his family moved to Kerala were he continued his cricketing career. He was part of the India green team on Challenger trophy.[2][3] He later captained Kerala Under-19 team for Cooch Behar Trophy in 2018-19 season and ended up being the top run-getter of the season with 1235 runs from 8 matches.[4] His heroics in Cooch Behar Trophy pave way to Kerala 2018-19 Ranji Trophy squad as he replaced an injured Rohan Prem.[3][5]
He debuted for Kerala on 14 December 2018 against Delhi.[6] He along with his Kerala teammate Varun Nayanar was selected to play the four day test match for India A against SouthAfrica A.[7] He was included in the Kerala squad for 2020-21 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy on 30 December 2020.[8] He made his List A debut on 20 February 2021, for Kerala in the 2020–21 Vijay Hazare Trophy.[9] He scored a career best 95 against Karnataka in the tournament.[10] He captained KCA Tuskers on 2020–21 KCA President's Cup T20.[11]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Vathsal Govind". ESPN Cricinfo. 6 December 2018. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Menon, Prasanth (12 December 2018). "Vathsal Govind in line for Ranji trophy debut". Times of India. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Vathsal Govind gets Kerala Ranji call-up". Deccan Chronicle. 13 December 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
- ↑ S, Narayanan (24 January 2019). "Vathsal Govind hits back-to-back tons as Kerala reach Cooch Behar quarterfinals". Times of India. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
- ↑ നായർ, അനീഷ് (13 December 2018). റൺസിന്റെ കൗമാര കേരളം [Young Kerala of runs]. Manorama Online (in മലയാളം). Retrieved 21 May 2021.
- ↑ "Elite, Group B, Ranji Trophy at Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 14-17 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. 14 December 2018. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
- ↑ അഭിമാന നിമിഷം; വത്സലും വരുണും അണ്ടര്-19 ഇന്ത്യന് ടീമില് [Proud moment; Vathsal and Varun in India Under-19 team]. Mathrubhumi (in malayalam). 13 February 2019. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ Gouri (30 December 2020). "Sreesanth to be part of Kerala team in Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 tournament 2021". Crictracker. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
- ↑ "Elite, Group C, Bengaluru, Feb 20 2021, Vijay Hazare Trophy". ESPN Cricinfo. 20 February 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
- ↑ "Hazare Trophy: Devdutt Padikkal stars as Karnataka end Kerala's unbeaten run". OnManorama. 26 February 2021. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
- ↑ Mohammad, Farzan (5 March 2020). "KCA President's Cup 2021 : Full schedule, squads, match timings and live streaming details". Sports Keeda. Retrieved 19 May 2021.