It is often said that cricket is a game of uncertainties and a match is never over till the last ball is bowled. 27-year-old Saurabh Netravalkar can very much relate to this. A former Mumbai medium pacer and India U-19 cricketer, the 27-year-old software engineer left for the US to study computer science in Cornell University after he felt that it would be difficult for him to make it as a cricketer in the big league. And now, Netravalkar has been appointed captain of the US national cricket team.<\/p>\n
Netravalkar who was India\u2019s highest wicket-taker in the 2010 U-19 World Cup, also played Ranji Trophy for a season before realizing that he wasn\u2019t going to break into the top level and thus looked to focus on academics.<\/p>\n
In Cornell for a master\u2019s degree, he rediscovered his love for the game and that continued as he joined Oracle as a software engineer.<\/p>\n
\u201cOn Fridays, I used to leave a little early from office with a fellow player and drive to LA. We would play a 50-over game in LA on Saturday. Then we would drive back in the night and play a 50-over game in San Francisco on Sunday. It was back to work on Monday. I put in a lot of effort which was noticed by selectors. I got picked this January when I became eligible for national selection,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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