Saurabh Kumar (born 1 May 1993) is an Indian

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Career

He made his

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debut on 8 January 2016 in the

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. He was the leading wicket-taker for Uttar Pradesh in the

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, with 23 dismissals in four matches. In February 2017, he was bought by the

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team for the

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for 10

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s. In July 2018, he was named in the squad for India Blue for the

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. He was the leading wicket-taker in the tournament, with nineteen dismissals in three matches. In December 2018, in the

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match against

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, Kumar took fourteen wickets for 65 runs in the match. These were the second-best match figures for a bowler for Uttar Pradesh in the Ranji Trophy. He was the leading wicket-taker for Uttar Pradesh in the group-stage of the 2018–19 Ranji Trophy, with 50 dismissals in nine matches. He finished the tournament with 51 wickets in ten matches. In August 2019, he was named in the India Blue team's squad for the

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. In January 2021, he was named as one of five net bowlers in India's

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squad for their series against England. In February 2021, Kumar was bought by the

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in the IPL auction ahead of the

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. In February 2022, he was again named in India's Test squad, this time for their series against Sri Lanka.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kumar, Saurabh 1993 births Living people Indian cricketers India Blue cricketers Uttar Pradesh cricketers People from Baghpat Sportspeople from Baghpat district