Ravi Bishnoi (born 5 September 2000) is an Indian international

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er. He plays for the Indian national team in white ball cricket. He is a Right-arm

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bowler. He made his International debut in February 2022. He plays for

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in the

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and

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in domestic cricket. He first came in limelight when he played for India in the

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, finishing as the tournament's highest wicket-taker with 17 dismissals.

Early life

Bishnoi was born and raised in

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Family in the Birami village of

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. Due to the lack of cricket culture and facilities in West Rajasthan, he, along with his friends and with the help of two coaches, Pradyot Singh Rathore and Shahrukh Pathan, built a cricket academy named Spartans Cricket Academy where they themselves did all the mason work owing to financial difficulties so that he could train. He was snubbed for the U-16 trials once and for the U-19 trial twice by the selectors before his coaches asked them to give him another chance and finally got selected for the U-19 Rajasthan squad. In March 2018, he was called up by

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as a net bowler.

Domestic career

He made his

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debut for

in the

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on 21 February 2019. He made his

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debut on 27 September 2019, for Rajasthan in the

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. In October 2019, he was named in

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's squad for the

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Indian Premier League

In December 2019, in the 2020 IPL auction, he was bought by

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ahead of the

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. On 20 September 2020, Bishnoi made his IPL debut against

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and picked up

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as his maiden wicket and finished with the bowling figures 1/22 in four overs, but ended up on the losing side. He finished the season with 12 wickets and was nominated for the Emerging Player award. In February 2022, Bishnoi was drafted in by the new franchise

ahead of the

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tournament.

International career

In December 2019, he was named in India's squad for the

. On 21 January 2020, in India's match against Japan, Bishnoi took four wickets without conceding a run, before finishing his spell with four wickets for five runs from eight overs, with India winning by ten wickets, and he was named the man of the match. He finished the tournament as the leading wicket-taker. In January 2022, Bishnoi was named in India's

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(ODI) and

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(T20I) squads for their home series against the West Indies. He made his T20I debut on 16 February 2022, for India against the West Indies cricket team, taking two wickets for 17 runs and being named the player of the match. In October 2022, he was named in India's ODI squad, for their series against South Africa. He made his ODI debut on 6 October 2022 against the

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. Following a successful tour, Ravi Bishnoi received Cap no. 95 for India on 16th February 2022. Building on this accomplishment, he later secured his ODI Cap no. 255 on 6th October 2022. In November 2023, he was selected in India's squad for the five match T20 series against Australia, where he impressed with a series leading 9 wickets at an average of 18.22. In the first match, he conceded 54 runs off his 4 overs, picking up just 1 wicket. In the second match, he bowled an impressive spell, picking up 3 wickets for just 32 runs.

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