Ravikumar Samarth

{{short description|Indian cricketer}}

{{Indian patronymic|Samarth|Ravikumar}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}

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| name = Ravikumar Samarth

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| country = India

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1993|1|22|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Mysore, Karnataka, India

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| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm off break

| role = Batsman

| club1 = Karnataka

| year1 = 2013/14–present

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| columns = 3

| column1 = FC

| matches1 = 66

| runs1 = 4171

| bat avg1 = 38.62

| 100s/50s1 = 9/20

| top score1 = 235

| deliveries1 = 624

| wickets1 = 5

| bowl avg1 = 83.00

| fivefor1 = 0

| tenfor1 = 0

| best bowling1 = 2/67

| catches/stumpings1 = 72/–

| column2 = LA

| matches2 = 39

| runs2 = 1781

| bat avg2 = 53.96

| 100s/50s2 = 7/8

| top score2 = 192

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| catches/stumpings2 = 17/–

| column3 = T20

| matches3 = 23

| runs3 = 275

| bat avg3 = 13.75

| 100s/50s3 = 0/0

| top score3 = 40

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| catches/stumpings3 = 9/–

| date = 18 January

| year = 2020

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/player/474512.html Cricinfo

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Ravikumar Samarth (born 22 January 1993) is an Indian cricketer who plays for Karnataka cricket team. He is a right-handed top-order batsman and occasional right-arm off break bowler. He played for Karnataka at various age-group levels such as Under-12, Under-14, Under-16 and Under-19, before making his first-class debut in December 2013.{{cite web|title=Watch out for Ravikumar Samarth|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/icc-world-cup-2015/top-stories/Watch-out-for-Ravikumar-Samarth/articleshow/25558533.cms|work=The Times of India|accessdate=19 March 2015}}

Early and personal life

Samarth did his schooling at the Bishop Cotton Boys' School and B'Com at SBM Jain College which comes under the umbrella of Jain University,{{cite web |url=http://www.jainuniversity.ac.in/ |title=Home |website=jainuniversity.ac.in}} Bangalore. While studying at Bishop Cottons, he trained at the Karnataka Institute of Cricket. He also led his school cricket team at the U-14 and U-16 levels, often opening both batting and bowling. He ended leading multiple winning inter-school cricket teams in India. While at school, he was renowned for intensity on the field and his clam demeanor off it. His father Ravikumar works as a clerk in State Bank of India. He has an elder sister Mowna who works at Yahoo.He recently got engaged to Uttara Prakash and posted it on Instagram on 1 January which was his 100th post on Instagram.

According to his father, he was a good sprinter and tennis player.

Career

Samarth played division cricket in the KSCA league. In 2011, he scored over 1200 runs in the national Under-19 tournaments – Vinoo Mankad Trophy and Cooch Behar Trophy.

In 2013, he scored six hundreds from eight innings for KSCA President's XI in the Safi Darashah Trophy, including five hundreds in succession.{{cite news|title=Six of the best|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/six-of-the-best/article5035002.ece|work=The Hindu|date=18 August 2013|accessdate=19 March 2015|last1=Achal|first1=Ashwin}} He made his first-class debut for Karnataka against Mumbai in December 2013 and scored 18 and 75 in that match opening the innings.{{cite web|title=Ranji Trophy, Group A: Karnataka v Mumbai at Bangalore, Dec 22–25, 2013|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/649329.html|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|accessdate=19 March 2015}}

In October 2018, he was named in India C's squad for the 2018–19 Deodhar Trophy.{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1162570.html |title=Rahane, Ashwin and Karthik to play Deodhar Trophy |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|accessdate=19 October 2018}} In February 2022, he was bought by the Sunrisers Hyderabad in the auction for the 2022 Indian Premier League tournament.{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/ipl-2022-auction-the-list-of-sold-and-unsold-players-1300689 |title=IPL 2022 auction: The list of sold and unsold players |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=13 February 2022}}

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