Ravikumar Samarth

In this Indian name, the name Ravikumar is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Samarth.

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.^[1]

Ravikumar Samarth

Personal information
Born	(1993-01-22) 22 January 1993 (age 32) Mysore, Karnataka, India
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm off break
Role	Batsman
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2013/14–present	Karnataka
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20 Matches 66 39 23 Runs scored 4171 1781 275 Batting average 38.62 53.96 13.75 100s/50s 9/20 7/8 0/0 Top score 235 192 40 Balls bowled 624 – – Wickets 5 – – Bowling average 83.00 – – 5 wickets in innings 0 – – 10 wickets in match 0 – – Best bowling 2/67 – – Catches/stumpings 72/– 17/– 9/–
Source: Cricinfo, 18 January 2020

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,^[2] Bangalore. While studying at Bishop Cottons, he trained at the Karnataka Institute of Cricket.^[3] 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.^[1]

According to his father, he was a good sprinter and tennis player.^[1]

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.^[1]

In 2013, he scored six hundreds from eight innings for KSCA President's XI in the Safi Darashah Trophy, including five hundreds in succession.^[3] He made his first-class debut for Karnataka against Mumbai in December 2013 and scored 18 and 75 in that match opening the innings.^[4]

In October 2018, he was named in India C's squad for the 2018–19 Deodhar Trophy.^[5] In February 2022, he was bought by the Sunrisers Hyderabad in the auction for the 2022 Indian Premier League tournament.^[6]