Ramaswamy Shreyas Gopal (born 4 September 1993) is an Indian

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er who plays for

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in domestic cricket. He is an

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who bats right-handed, and bowls

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. He played three ODIs for

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in 2011. He had captained

Karnataka Karnataka (; ISO: , , also known as Karunāḍu) is a state in the southwestern region of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act. Originally known as Mysore State , it was renamed ''Karnat ...

at various age levels such as Under-13, Under-15, Under-16 and Under-19.

Domestic career

Gopal made his debut for Karnataka in 2013. On 12 February 2014, Gopal picked the first

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history against Rest of India, which helped Karnataka win the

. In August 2019, he was named in the India Blue team's squad for the 2019–20 Duleep Trophy. In October 2018, he was named in

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's squad for the

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Indian Premier League

He was bought by

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in the 2014 IPL auction, where he spent four seasons. In January 2018, he was bought by the

Rajasthan Royals Rajasthan Royals (often abbreviated as RR) are a franchise cricket team based in Jaipur, Rajasthan, that plays in the Indian Premier League (IPL). Founded in 2008 as one of the initial eight IPL franchises, the team is based at the Sawai Ma ...

in the

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. On 30 April 2019, he took a

against

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in the

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, which included the wickets of

Virat Kohli Virat Kohli (; born 5 November 1988) is an Indian international cricketer and former captain of the India national cricket team. Widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen of all time, Kohli plays as a right-handed Batting (cricket), batte ...

AB de Villiers Abraham Benjamin de Villiers (born 17 February 1984) is a former South African international cricketer. AB de Villiers was named as the ICC ODI Player of the Year three times during his 15-year international career and was one of the five Wi ...

and

Marcus Stoinis Marcus Peter Stoinis (born 16 August 1989) is an Australian cricketer who plays limited overs cricket for the Australian national team. He is contracted to Western Australia and Melbourne Stars domestically, and has previously also played for P ...

. Shreyas Gopal picked up a hat-trick in the shortest IPL game ever. In February 2022, he was bought by the

Sunrisers Hyderabad Sunrisers Hyderabad (stylised as SunRisers Hyderabad, SRH) are a franchise cricket team based in Hyderabad, Telangana, India, that plays in the Indian Premier League (IPL). The franchise is owned by Kalanithi Maran of the SUN Group and was ...

in the

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for the

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tournament.

Personal life

Shreyas Gopal studied at

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. He completed his Bcom (Bachelor of Commerce) from Jain University. His father Ramaswamy Gopal was a

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er for 20 years while his mother Amitha played

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at state level. During his childhood he liked to imitate the bowling action of his role model

Anil Kumble Anil Kumble (; born 17 October 1970) is a former Indian cricket captain, coach and commentator who played Test and One Day International cricket for his national team over an international career of 18 years. Widely regarded as one of the best ...

References

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