Saurabh Naresh Netravalkar (born October 16, 1991) is an American cricketer and software engineer[1] who plays for the United States team.
His talent was spotted when he rattled the stumps of fellow Indian cricketer Yuvraj Singh with his disciplined spell of bowling at the NCA in Bengaluru while he was on Air India's sports scholarship in 2009.
[8] He also spearheaded India's bowling unit in an Under-19 Tri-nation series held in South Africa leading up to the 2010 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup by taking 8 wickets.
He also sacrificed his academic participation in order to take part at the 2010 ICC U19 World Cup, as he had to miss first semester exams of his Computer Engineering degree which he actually committed to six months earlier than the start of the tournament.
Eventually, India were knocked out in the quarter-final by rivals Pakistan in a rain affected match which ended in thrilling fashion.
[15] In August 2018, he was named in the United States' squad for the 2018–19 ICC World Twenty20 Americas Qualifier tournament in Morrisville, North Carolina.
[24] Netravalkar made his ODI debut for the United States on April 27, 2019, against Papua New Guinea, in the tournament's third-place playoff.
[25] In June 2019, he got selected in a 30-man training squad for the United States cricket team, ahead of the Regional Finals of the 2018–19 ICC T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier tournament in Bermuda.
[27] In August 2019, his name was announced as the captain of the United States' team for the Regional Finals of the 2018–19 ICC T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier tournament.
[37] On June 6, 2024, Netravalkar gained international fame and became an overnight sensation after playing a pivotal role in engineering a famous victory against Pakistan by bowling the super over during the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.
He eventually was the third highest wicket-taker of the inaugural edition of the Major League Cricket Tournament in 2023 season which also included a spell of 6/9 against San Francisco Unicorns.