Mukesh Kumar (born 12 October 1993) is an Indian cricketer who plays for Bengal cricket team.[3] He is a medium fast bowler. He has played for India A and in domestic cricket for Rest of India, East Bengal Club.[4][3]
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Born | (1993-10-12) 12 October 1993 (age 29) Gopalganj, Bihar, India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Bowler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Domestic team information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2015–present | Bengal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022[1] | Rest of India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | India A[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
East Bengal Club[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rest of India[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Barrackpore Bashers[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career statistics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 3 October 2022 |
In October 2022, he got selected to play for India in ODI series against South Africa.[1]
Mukesh Kumar gave Central Reserve Police Force exam 3 times after his graduation. His father wanted him to do a government job. He got job in CAG (Comptroller and Auditor General office) department for being a First class cricketer. As per him, his father did not believe, he was good enough to play professional level cricket until he played Ranji trophy for West Bengal.[5]
Mukesh Kumar played club cricket for East Bengal club and Barrackpore Bashers. He played List A, First class cricket for Bengal, Rest of India team and India A.[4]
Mukesh did his Ranji trophy (first-class) debut against Haryana team at Rohtak on 30 Oct 2015. He did List-A cricket debut against Uttarpradesh at Rajkot on 13 December 2015. Mukesh did his T20 debut against Gujrat at Nagapur on 6 January 2016. As of 3 October 2022, he played all formats for West Bengal.[6]
He took 5 wickets in an innings against New Zealand A team.[1]
In 2022 Mukesh Kumar got selected to play versus South Africa cricket team in ODI series. He got to know he has been selected for India, when he got added in Indian cricket team's WhatsApp group.[7]
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