Mukesh Kumar Gopalganj Cricketer Age, Height, Biography, Family, State, Career Stats, Wickets Record, Speed, Bowling Video, IPL Team

Mukesh Kumar Gopalganj Cricketer Age, Height, Biography, Family, State, Career Stats, Wickets Record, Speed, Bowling Video, IPL Team

The 28-year-old Mukesh Kumar is a Bihar-born cricketer who has recently got his first International call-up, know his age and bowling speed

Know more about Mukesh Kumar Cricketer, Height, Age, Family, Career Stats, and more.

Mukesh Kumar Gopalganj Cricketer Age, Height, Biography, Family, State, Career Stats, Wickets Record, Speed, Bowling Video And IPL Team

Mukesh Kumar Cricketer Biography

The talented right-arm medium-pace bowler was born in Gopalganj Bihar. He spent his childhood in Gopalganj and played his first ever cricket tournament (Inter-district cricket) tournament there only. Mukesh’s father was a taxi driver and they were not financially strong. The latter used to go on a bicycle 20 km away from his town to play cricket. One day his former captain Amit Singh told him to take the bus instead he replied he does this to train his leg muscles for Indian Army physical tests.

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In 2012 Mukesh moved to Kolkata to support his family financially. He later discovered the second league tournament where Mukesh used to get 400-500 INR per match.

Mukesh Kumar’s father (late Kashinath Singh) was against cricket as he wanted his son to be an Army Officer. He even gave 2 CRPF exams to fulfill his father’s dream.

In 2014 his life changed completely with the Cricket Association Bengal’s(CAB) program named ‘Vision 2020’. The program was launched to groom the budding talents of Bengal state under the guidance of Legendary bowlers Waqar Younis and Muralitharan.

Mukesh gave the trial and impressed everyone including his Bengal bowling coach Ranadep Bose with his accurate line and length. After a year he got a call-up from Bengal domestic team and played first-class cricket for them. His consistent performance earns him a call-up against New Zealand A team in 2022. He picked up 5 wicket haul in that game which helped him get his first-ever International call-up.

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He is yet to be picked by an IPL team.

Mukesh Kumar Cricketer, Height, Family

Mukesh Kumar is 175 cm tall. He is not a tall and quick bowler who bowls at a rapid pace. The right arm medium-pace bowler focuses more on his line and length and bowls at the channel of outside off stump with him capable of persitently bowling in the 125-135 kmph range.

He was born on 12th October 1993 in Gopalganj, Bihar. The 28-year-old fast bowler is unmarried as he is more focused on his career at this point,

 Career Stats

Format
M
Inn
B
Mdn
Runs
W
BB
Econ
Avg
SR
4W
5W
1st class
2015–
31
54
5508
217
2525
114
6/61
2.75
22.1
48.3
6
5
List A
2015–
16
16
802
8
698
15
3/71
5.22
46.5
53.5
0
0
T20
2016–
17
17
378
0
457
19
3/33
7.25
24.1
19.9
0
0

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