Kamlesh Nagarkoti

Kamlesh Lachham Nagarkoti (born 28 December 1999) is an Indian cricketer.[2][3] He made his List A debut for Rajasthan in the 2016–17 Vijay Hazare Trophy on 26 February 2017.[4] Two days later, he took the first-ever hat-trick for Rajasthan in List A cricket, in the Vijay Hazare Trophy match against Gujarat.[5]

Kamlesh Nagarkoti
Personal information
Full nameKamlesh Lachham Nagarkoti
Born (1999-12-28) 28 December 1999
Barmer, Rajasthan, India
Height5 ft 9 in (175 cm)[1]
BattingRight–handed
BowlingRight-arm fast
RoleBowling all-rounder
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2017–2018Rajasthan
2018–presentKolkata Knight Riders (squad no. 5)
List A debut26 February 2017 Rajasthan v Mumbai
Twenty20 debut26 September 2020 KKR v Sunrisers Hyderabad
Career statistics
Competition LA T20
Matches 9 4
Runs scored 131 11
Batting average 26.20 11.00
100s/50s 0/1 0/0
Top score 56* 8*
Balls bowled 346 60
Wickets 11 4
Bowling average 25.00 21.50
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 3/30 2/13
Catches/stumpings 2/– 2/–
Source: Cricinfo, 8 October 2020

Nagarkoti's father was a subedar in the Indian Army. He utilized his retirement corpus to buy a one-bedroom apartment in Jaipur so his son could learn to play cricket. Nagarkoti's childhood coach was Surendra Singh Rathod.[6]

In December 2017, he was named in India's squad for the 2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.[7] In January 2018, he was bought by the Kolkata Knight Riders in the 2018 IPL auction for ₹3.2 crores.[8][9] However, he did not play a match due to injury concerns. Despite that, he was retained for the next season. Just ahead of the 2019 Indian Premier League he was again ruled out of the tournament due to back injury.[10]

In November 2019, he was named in India's squad for the 2019 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup in Bangladesh.[11] He made his Twenty20 debut for the Kolkata Knight Riders in the 2020 Indian Premier League on 26 September 2020.[12]

On 26 October 2020, Nagarkoti was named as one of four additional bowlers to travel with the India cricket team for their tour to Australia.[13] However, on 9 November 2020, Nagarkoti, was ruled out of the tour due to the management of his workload.[14]

References
  1. Snehal Pradhan (15 January 2018), "Three young pacers bowled at 140+ km/h in an India-Australia match – only one was Australian", Scroll.in. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
  2. "Kamlesh Nagarkoti". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  3. "IPL 2020 - Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Shahbaz Ahmed, Ravi Bishnoi head line-up of exciting uncapped Indian bowlers". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  4. "Vijay Hazare Trophy, Group C: Mumbai v Rajasthan at Chennai, Feb 26, 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  5. "Nagarkoti's hat-trick fires Rajasthan to narrow win". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
  6. "'I sat inside the washroom when my bidding was on'". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  7. "Prithvi Shaw to lead India in Under-19 World Cup". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  8. "List of sold and unsold players". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  9. "U19 World Cup stars snapped up in IPL auction". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  10. Sportstar, Team. "Injured Kamlesh Nagarkoti to miss IPL again". Sportstar. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  11. "India Under-23s Squad". Time of India. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  12. "8th Match (N), Abu Dhabi, Sep 26 2020, Indian Premier League". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  13. "Team India's T20I, ODI and Test squads for Tour of Australia announced". Board of Control for Cricket in India. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  14. "Updates- India's Tour of Australia". Board of Control for Cricket in India. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
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