Ramaswamy Shreyas Gopal[1] (born 4 September 1993) is an Indian cricketer who plays for Kerala 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]
 Gopal in a post-match presentation during 2019 IPL | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Ramswamy Shreyas Gopal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 4 September 1993 Bangalore, Karnataka, India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm leg break | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | All-rounder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013/14–2022/23 | Karnataka | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2017 | Mumbai Indians (squad no. 19) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2021 | Rajasthan Royals (squad no. 37) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Kerala cricket team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024 - | Mumbai Indians | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 4 May 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Domestic career
editGopal 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
editHe 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]
He was bought by Mumbai Indians in the 2024 IPL auction.
Personal life
editShreyas Gopal studied at The 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 imitate the bowling action of his role model Anil Kumble.[14]
References
edit- ^ "Shreyas Gopal - CricketArchive profile". CricketArchive.
- ^ "Under-19 ODI Matches played by Shreyas Gopal". CricketArchive.
- ^ "Rahul Dravid is my cricketing God, says Shreyas Gopal". Times of India. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
- ^ "Shreyas Gopal records first hat-trick of Irani Cup history - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
- ^ "Shubman Gill, Priyank Panchal and Faiz Fazal to lead Duleep Trophy sides". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
- ^ "Duleep Trophy 2019: Shubman Gill, Faiz Fazal and Priyank Panchal to lead as Indian domestic cricket season opens". Cricket Country. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
- ^ "Rahane, Ashwin and Karthik to play Deodhar Trophy". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
- ^ "List of sold and unsold players". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
- ^ "Gopal hat-trick in washout, RCB eliminated". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
- ^ Rajarshi Gupta (1 May 2019). "IPL 2019: Shreyas Gopal of Rajasthan Royals claims a hat-trick in 5-over game vs RCB". India Today. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
- ^ "IPL 2022 auction: The list of sold and unsold players". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
- ^ Notable Alumni Jain University
- ^ "Rahul Dravid is my cricketing God, says Shreyas Gopal | New Zealand in India 2016 News - Times of India".
- ^ IANS. "No Pressure, But Dream to Don India Colors Soon: Shreyas Gopal". India West. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
External links
edit- Shreyas Gopal at ESPNcricinfo
- Shreyas Gopal Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine's profile page on Wisden