Sumit Kumar (born 30 December 1995) is an Indian

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er,

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and a member of the

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Career

Kumar was selected to play for Jharkhand U-16 team. He made his

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debut on 3 January 2016 in the

2015–16 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy The 2015–16 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy was the eighth edition of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy competition, an Indian domestic team only Twenty20 cricket tournament in India. It was contested by 27 teams, divided into 4 groups. Uttar Pradesh rema ...

and went on to represent the same side for the next 2 years. He made his

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debut for Jharkhand in the

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on 5 February 2018. He was selected to play for the

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U-19 team which he represented thrice also scoring an unbeaten 203 against Assam. In October 2014 he was selected to be the vice captain for the Jharkhand Cooch Behar U19 Trophy. He was later on was also selected to attend the U19 and the U23 JSCA camp. He was the leading run-scorer for

in the 2016–17 C.K.Nayudu trophy, with 535 runs in four matches where he also hit a high score of 178 in 240 balls. He has represented Jharkhand in various tournaments Vijay hazare trophy in 2015-16,2016-17 and 2018-19 and Vinoo Mankad trophy in 2012-13 & 2013-14. He is a first class Ranji Trophy player from 2015 till date. He currently has a job at RBI and represents the RBI All India Team.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kumar, Sumit 1995 births Living people Indian cricketers Jharkhand cricketers People from Bokaro Steel City Wicket-keepers