Siddarth Kaul (born 19 May 1990), also spelled Siddharth Kaul, is an Indian professional cricketer. A

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who bowls at about 130 km/h, he made his first-class debut for

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in 2007. Kaul was a part of the victorious India Under-19s team at the

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and was named as one of the players to be drafted for the

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, where he signed for the

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. His father
Tej Kaul
played across three seasons in the 1970s for Jammu and Kashmir.

Domestic career

After a successful tournament at the Under 19 world cup in Malaysia, he started his domestic career for his home state of

. A host of injuries derailed his smooth run and he was more out than in at the first-class level until 2012. However, then came the revival and Kaul has managed to spearhead the Punjab bowling line-up since then. Kaul made his debut for the Punjab cricket team against

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in the 2007-08 Ranji Trophy, alongside his brother who was

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for the match. He took a

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in the first innings, and finished with

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of 5/97. He has also made appearances for the Punjab youth teams, at Under-15, Under-17 and Under-19 levels. He was the leading wicket-taker for Punjab in the

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, with twelve dismissals in five matches. In October 2018, he was named in

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's squad for the

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. In October 2019, he was named in

's squad for the

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Indian Premier League

For the Indian Premier League's inaugural season, a number of members of the victorious India Under-19s team from the 2008

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and other specified youngsters were named as players to be drafted by teams in the Indian Premier League, whilst other youth players would have to be chosen to play for their local teams. Kaul was chosen by the

, based in

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, and captained by

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bid for him in the 2016 season, but he was benched for that season. 2017 saw the skiddy pacer shooting into limelight for his 16 wickets in 10 games playing for SRH. He bowled some crucial overs for the

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led team and was an ideal foil to

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. In January 2018, he was bought by the

in the

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. He also had a successful 2018 season being a crucial cog in the bowling Attack of SRH that took them to their 2nd finals. In February 2022, he was bought by the

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in the

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for the 2022 Indian Premier League tournament.

Under-19 career

Kaul was named in the squad for the India U-19s team for the 2008 Under-19 World Cup in

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. He played in all of India's matches as they proceeded to the final, where they defeated the

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by 12 runs (adjusted by the DL method). Siddarth was entrusted with the task of bowling the final over by his then skipper

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against South Africa in Malaysia, where India won the under-19 World Cup for the second time. The skiddy pacer ended with 10 wickets from 5 games and jointly led the Indian bowling charts alongside

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, who was the vice-captain of that side. His 10

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came at an

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of 15.40, placing him as the joint tenth on the list of highest wicket-takers for the tournament. Kaul was bought by the

for the

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A Team career

Kaul was part of India A cricket team for South Africa A Team Triangular Series in 2013 and

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International career

In November 2017, Kaul was named in India's One Day International (ODI) squad for their series against Sri Lanka, but he did not play. In May 2018, he was once again named in India's ODI squad, this time for the series against England, and the

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(T20I) matches against England and Ireland. He made his

(T20I) debut for India against Ireland on 29 June 2018. He made his One Day International (ODI) debut for India against England on 12 July 2018.

References

External links

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