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Ravi Bishnoi (born 5 September 2000) is an Indian international cricketer. He plays for the Indian cricket team in white ball cricket. He is a Right-arm leg-break bowler. He made his International debut in February 2022.[1] He plays for Lucknow Super Giants in the Indian Premier League and Rajasthan in domestic cricket. He first came in limelight when he played for India in the 2020 Under-19 Cricket World Cup, finishing as the tournament's highest wicket-taker with 17 dismissals.[2]

Ravi Bishnoi

Personal information
Born	(2000-09-05) 5 September 2000 (age 22) Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm legbreak googly
Role	Bowler
International information
National side	India
Only ODI (cap 245)	6 October 2022 v South Africa
T20I debut (cap 95)	16 February 2022 v West Indies
Last T20I	4 September 2022 v Pakistan
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2018/19–present	Rajasthan
2020–2021	Punjab Kings
2022	Lucknow Super Giants
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I Matches 1 10 Runs scored 4 10 Batting average - 10.00 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 Top score 4* 8* Balls bowled 48 232 Wickets 1 16 Bowling average 69.00 17.12 5 wickets in innings 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 Best bowling 1/69 {{{best bowling2}}} Catches/stumpings 0/– {{{catches/stumpings2}}}
Source: Cricinfo, 15 October 2022

Early life

Ravi Bishnoi was born and raised in Marwari Bishnoi Family in the Birami village[3]of Jodhpur, Rajasthan. Due to the lack of cricket culture and facilities in West Rajasthan, he, along with his friends and with the help of two coaches built a cricket academy named Spartans Cricket Academy where they themselves did all the mason work owing to financial difficulties so that he could train.[4] He was snubbed for the U-16 trials once and for the U-19 trial twice by the selectors before his coaches asked them to give him another chance and finally got selected for the U-19 Rajasthan squad.[5][6] In March 2018, he was called up by Rajasthan Royals as a net bowler.[7]

Domestic career

He made his Twenty20 debut for Rajasthan in the 2018–19 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy on 21 February 2019.[8] He made his List A debut on 27 September 2019, for Rajasthan in the 2019–20 Vijay Hazare Trophy.[9] In October 2019, he was named in India A's squad for the 2019–20 Deodhar Trophy.[10]

Indian Premier League

In December 2019, in the 2020 IPL auction, he was bought by Kings XI Punjab ahead of the 2020 Indian Premier League.[11] On 20 September 2020, Bishnoi made his IPL debut against Delhi Capitals and picked up Rishabh Pant as his maiden wicket and finished with the bowling figures 1/22 in four overs, but ended up on the losing side.[12] He finished the season with 12 wickets and was nominated for the Emerging Player award.[13]

In February 2022, Bishnoi was drafted in by the new franchise Lucknow Super Giants ahead of the 2022 Indian Premier League tournament.[14]

International career

In December 2019, he was named in India's squad for the 2020 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.[15] On 21 January 2020, in India's match against Japan, Bishnoi took four wickets without conceding a run, before finishing his spell with four wickets for five runs from eight overs, with India winning by ten wickets,[16] and he was named the man of the match.[17] He finished the tournament as the leading wicket-taker.[18]

In January 2022, Bishnoi was named in India's One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International (T20I) squads for their home series against the West Indies.[19] He made his T20I debut on 16 February 2022, for India against the West Indies cricket team,[20] taking two wickets for 17 runs and being named the player of the match.[21] In October 2022, he was named in India's ODI squad, for their series against South Africa.[22] He made his ODI debut on 6 October 2022 against the South Africa.[23]

References

External links

• Ravi Bishnoi at ESPNcricinfo

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