Sarul Kanwar (born 8 November 1987), is an Indian cricketer. An attacking

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from

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, he has 2 first-class centuries for

in the last two Ranji Trophy seasons.

Career

In 2001, he left his home town

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to play cricket for Punjab. He improved his game and started practicing in the

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under coach Harish Sharma. He put on many impressive performances in the next eight years. In the Katoch Shield in 2008, he scored 746 runs including 3 centuries. In the Nayudu Under-22 Championships, he scored 610 runs. He was playing in the Punjab "B" Team then. His contributions led to Punjab winning these titles. His performances were rewarded with a Ranji Trophy camp call-up for the first time. He was selected in Punjab's 2010 Ranji Trophy season. He made his first-class debut for Punjab in 2010, and List A debut in 2011, Kanwar has been impressive in his first-class career since. In his first Ranji Trophy season in 2010, he topped 500 runs, with 2 centuries. His

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exploits were not as successful, yet he landed an

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contract with the Mumbai Indians. Despite not getting a game in the

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, when he finally got a chance in the

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in an injury ravaged Mumbai Indians side, he quickly grabbed it with a rapacious 45 off 21 balls versus South African franchise

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with 3 fours and 5 sixes. He was then looking for another six but was caught by

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off a

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delivery near the boundary. The Mumbai Indians amassed 176 thanks to another 58 by

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. The match eventually finished a no result due to rain.Mumbai's Indian shows he belongs
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for

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. Kanwar has now started practising with Sunrise Cricket Academy under Jitendra Kumar. Jitendra has been associated with

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as side arm king.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kanwar, Sarul 1987 births Living people Punjabi people Indian cricketers People from Saharanpur Mumbai Indians cricketers Punjab, India cricketers North Zone cricketers