SUNDAY, June 23, 2013
Born on May 19, 1990, Siddarth Kaul is an Indian cricketer. 
A medium pace bowler, he made his first-class debut forPunjab in 2007. Kaul was a part of the victorious India Under-19s team at the 2008 Under-19 Cricket World Cup and was named as one of the players to be drafted for the Indian Premier League, where he signed for the Kolkata Knight Riders. His brother Uday Kaul also plays first-class cricket for Punjab, and his father Tej Kaul played across three seasons in the 1970s for the Jammu and Kashmir cricket team.
Kaul made his debut for the Punjab cricket team against Orissa in the 2007-08 Ranji Trophy, alongside his brother who was wicket-keeper for the match. He took a five wicket haul in the first innings, and finished with figures of 5/97. He has also made appearances for the Punjab youth teams, at Under-15, Under-17 and Under-19 levels.
For the Indian Premier League’s inaugural season, a number of members of the victorious India Under-19s team from the 2008 Under-19 Cricket World Cup and other specified youngsters were named as players to be drafted by teams in the Indian Premier League, whilst other youth players would have to be chosen to play for their local teams. Kaul was chosen by the Kolkata Knight Riders, based in Kolkata, West Bengal, and captained by Sourav Ganguly.
Kaul was named in the squad for the India U-19s team for the 2008 Under-19 World Cup in Malaysia. He played in all of India’s matches as they proceeded to the final, where they defeated the South African U-19 cricket team by 12 runs (adjusted by the DL method). He took 10 wicketsat an average of 15.40, putting him joint tenth on the list of highest wicket-takers for the tournament.
Kaul was the member of Delhi Daredevils squad in IPL-6. He played reasonably well in the matches he got the chance. He bowled with decent line and length in all the games he played.
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1. By how many wickets India defeated Sri Lanka in Champions Trophy semifinals?
2. Name the two teams which have qualified for the finals of Champions Trophy?
3. What is the full form of JKCPL?
4. Which team won the finals of Salute and Tribute T20 Veteran Cricket Tournament?
5. Who is Sidharth Trivedi?
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