🗻Rawat hails from the hilly terrains of Ramnagar, a mofussil town situated in Nainital district.
🚜Having been brought up in a farming background, Rawat’s father Virendra Pal Singh #IPL2022
had a dream that his son would and should play cricket for India.
🗣️Story behind his Ranji Trophy Selection : In 2017, Delhi’s selectors were desperately in search of a reserve wicket-keeper batsman who could serve as Rishabh Pant’s replacement, when he was away on international
assignments. The selection panel had zeroed in on a couple of names, but they were not confident about their batting abilities. That’s when someone from the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bengaluru tipped off Atul Wassan.
💥On Ranji debut, Batting at No.7, he scored a fluent 71 on debut, and then followed it up with another half-century in the subsequent game against the Railways.
🏏His impressive run in the domestic circuit led to an IPL deal with Rajasthan Royals for Rs. 80 lakh in the 2020 edition. He spent two seasons with the Royals, but was selected for just two games.
We are back with another episode of Padding Up Tomorrow, We invite Chintan Gaja, a Right arm medium pacer for Gujarat. He made his Ranji debut in 2016 against Uttar Pradesh, List A debut in the Vijay Hazare trophy in 2017 against Madhya Pradesh, and T20 debut in the SMAT in 2014
To understand his cricketing journey and interact with him, join the audio room at 5pm tomorrow!
Career Stats
⚾FC 31 matches, 111 wickets, 23.19 average
⚾List A 34 matches, 53 wickets, 23.43 average, 4.64 economy
41 ➞ Made his IPL debut
42 ➞ Took a hat-trick in IPL
43 ➞ Made his Ranji trophy debut
47 ➞ Became the first player to take a hat-trick in T10 league
48 ➞ First Indian to win a CPL contract