Praveen Kumar

Full name Praveen kumar


Born 2 October 1986
Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India

Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)

Batting style Right-hand batsman

Bowling style Right-arm medium-fast

Role Bowler

National side India

ODI debut 18 November 2007 v Pakistan
Kumar plays his domestic cricket for Uttar Pradesh. He made his first-class debut in 2004 and enjoyed success at this level by taking 126 wickets in 25 matches at an average of just 21.50. He has also excelled at the shorter version of the game at the list A level, taking 67 wickets in 39 matches at an average of 22.05.
Although he was not part of the player auction, Praveen played for Royal Challengers Bangalore in BCCI's Indian Premier League in the inaugural Twenty20 cricket tournament. His services were bought for 300,000.00 USD. Because of his age, Kumar was counted towards Bangalore's U-22 quota. He bowled well for Bangalore, even though the team did not reach the semi finals.

He became the first bowler to claim a hat-trick in IPL3. He took the wickets of Damein Martyn, Narwal and Dogra to reach his hat-trick. The match was against Rajasthan Royals on 18-March-2010