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Praveen Kumar Biography

Praveen Kumar (Hindi: प्रवीन कुमार, born 2 October 1986 in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India) is an Indian swing bowler who bowls medium pace. In first class cricket, he plays for Uttar Pradesh. He relies on his ability to swing the ball both ways along with line and length. He is most effective when given the new ball. Kumar is also considered as a pinch hitter with the bat. In domestic cricket, he has also opened the batting for his side.

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1 Early domestic career

2 Off the field issues

3 References

3.1 External links

[edit]Early domestic career

Praveen Kumar plays his domestic cricket for Uttar Pradesh. He made his first-class debut in 2007 and enjoyed success at this level by taking 26 wickets in 8 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 55 wickets in 35 matches.

Although he was not part of the player auction, Praveen played for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League in the inaugural twenty20 cricket tournament. His services were bought for 300,000 USD. Kumar was counted towards Bangalore's U-23 quota. He bowled well even though the team did not reach the semi finals. He became the first medium pacer to claim a hat-trick in the third season of the IPL. He took the wickets of Damien Martyn, Narwal and Dogra to reach his hat-trick.He has tried as an opener once in his career however he failed to score runs. His best friend is Hitesh Mulchandani, who actually considers Swapnil Lalwani as his best friend. Besides bowling, he also likes reviewing accumulator-decumulator trades.

[edit]Off the field issues

Kumar bowling in the nets at the Adelaide Oval in 2008.

On 16 May 2008, it was reported that Praveen physically assaulted a doctor in his hometown of Meerut[1]

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