Born on November 23, 1990, Harshal Patel is a right-arm seamer with a big outswinger. Patel took 23 wickets at an impressive average of 11 in the 2008-09 Under-19 Vinoo Mankad Trophy. He later made his one-day debut for Gujarat in 2009-10. Harshal’s family had planned to move to USA, but his brother Tapan Patel and coach Tarak Trivedi saw to it that he stayed on in India for the sake of his cricket. Harshal was named in the U-19 squad for the 2010 World Cup in New Zealand. He was among three players from that squad to bag an IPL contract, with Mumbai Indians. Ignored by the Gujarat selectors for the first-class side, Harshal moved to Haryana and made an immediate impact in his debut Ranji Trophy season in 2011-12, running through Karnataka and Rajasthan with consecutive eight-fors in the quarter-final and semi-final. He has been given a Royal Challengers Bangalore contract in the 2012 IPL. Patel’s work with world-renowned fast bowling coach Ian Pont has paid dividends both at Corbett National Park and in Lahli, where Patel spent time under the coach’s guidance at HCA training camps to generate more pace and improve his swing.
He debuted immediately against Delhi and then finally rose to fame when he took a brilliant five-for in a flat batting track in Bangalore. He backed up an incisive opening spell and wrapping up the tail by taking 3/9 in this last 4.5 overs.
He became the first Haryana player since 1991 to catch the selectors eyes with his performances.
He was thus awarded an IPL contract by Royal Challengers Bangalore.
Identify the Player:
Write a brief description about him in 250 words.
Questions of this week:
1. Name the team which became IPL-8 champion?
2. For which team Pardeep Sangwan played in IPL-7?
3. When will PPCPL-2015 begin in Srinagar?
4. Who lifted 5th Sarna Kesari dangal title?
5. Who is Surinder Singh Bagal?
Answers of the last week:
1. Ashish Nehra 2. Sunrisers Hyderabad 3. June 1, 2015 4. -5. Former International cricketer from India.
The best entry of this week was received Ravi Raj, Gandhi Nagar Jammu.
The other entries of the week were from Sanjay Sharma, Parade, Jammu; Sanjay Dhar, Lane No 1, H No-3, Upper Laxmi Nagar, Sarwal Jammu; Parth Dogra, Krishna Nagar, Jammu; Suhail Yousuf, Janipur Colony, Jammu and Satish Kumar, New Plots, Jammu.
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