Ramaswamy Shreyas Gopal[1] (born 4 September 1993) is an Indian cricketer who plays for Karnataka in domestic cricket. He is an all-rounder who bats right-handed, and bowls leg break. He played three ODIs for India Under-19 cricket team in 2011.[2] He had captained Karnataka at various age levels such as Under-13, Under-15, Under-16 and Under-19.[3]

Shreyas Gopal

Gopal in a post-match presentation during 2019 IPL
Personal information
Full name	Ramswamy Shreyas Gopal
Born	(1993-09-04) 4 September 1993 (age 29) Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm leg break
Role	All-rounder
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2013/14–present	Karnataka
2014–2017	Mumbai Indians (squad no. 19)
2018–2021	Rajasthan Royals (squad no. 37)
2022	Sunrisers Hyderabad
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20 Matches 56 29 49 Runs scored 2,431 328 235 Batting average 35.75 29.81 15.66 100s/50s 4/9 0/0 0/0 Top score 150* 38 39 Balls bowled 8,047 1,143 845 Wickets 184 46 59 Bowling average 26.19 20.28 17.35 5 wickets in innings 6 2 1 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 Best bowling 5/17 5/19 5/11 Catches/stumpings 17/– 10/– 13/–
Source: Cricinfo, 4 May 2019

Domestic career

Gopal made his debut for Karnataka in 2013. On 12 February 2014, Gopal picked the first hat-trick in Irani Cup history against Rest of India, which helped Karnataka win the Irani Cup.[4] In August 2019, he was named in the India Blue team's squad for the 2019–20 Duleep Trophy.[5][6]

In October 2018, he was named in India A's squad for the 2018–19 Deodhar Trophy.[7]

Indian Premier League

He was bought by Mumbai Indians in the 2014 IPL auction, where he spent four seasons.

In January 2018, he was bought by the Rajasthan Royals in the 2018 IPL auction.[8] On 30 April 2019, he took a hat-trick against Royal Challengers Bangalore in the 2019 Indian Premier League, which included the wickets of Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers and Marcus Stoinis.[9] Shreyas Gopal picked up a hat-trick in the shortest IPL game ever.[10]

In February 2022, he was bought by the Sunrisers Hyderabad in the auction for the 2022 Indian Premier League tournament.[11]

Personal life

Shreyas Gopal studied at Frank Anthony Public School, Bangalore. He completed his Bcom (Bachelor of Commerce) from Jain University.[12]

His father Ramaswamy Gopal was a club cricketer for 20 years while his mother Amitha played volleyball at state level.[13] During his childhood he liked to copy the bowling action of his role model Anil Kumble.[14]

References

External links

• Shreyas Gopal at ESPNcricinfo
• Shreyas Gopal Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine's profile page on Wisden