Age 29 Himanshu Sangwan is a veteran Indian pacer for Railways who is currently making headlines after knocking out Virat Kohli in the Ranji trophy, find out more below.
Kohli has currently been in poor batting with a series of disappointing performances during the recent Tests against Australia and New Zealand.
Unsurprisingly, Kohli and the entire Delhi crowd present at the Arun Jaitley Stadium was left in shock after his knock.
Who is Railways cricketer Himanshu Sangwan, biography, age, family, parents, hometown birth place, IPL 2025 team, career stats and Instagram ID
Railways pacer Sangwan recently made headlines, leaving everyone in shock after knocking out Virat Kohli for just six runs. Kohli failed to impress in his highly anticipated Ranji Trophy return on Day 2 of the match between Delhi and Railways. Earlier in the match, Kohli came in as a replacement for Yash Dhull before scoring just six off 15 balls.
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— Rahul Joshi (@rahulljoshiii) January 31, 2025
While Kohli started off strong with a four, the Railways bowler managed to strike back after knocking him out in the next ball. Sangwan’s ball went through the bat-pad gap before seemingly hitting the off-stump. Kohli is now facing more scrutiny as he was already in poor batting form ahead of the match.
Kohli, alongside other members of the Indian team like Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Ravindra Jadeja, and Yashasvi Jaiswal, are currently taking part in the ongoing Ranji Trophy following pressure from the BCCI.
Himanshu Sangwan bio
Himanshu Sangwan is a right-arm medium pacer who was born on September 2, 1995, in Delhi, India. The veteran Indian cricketer is currently 29 years old and notably worked as a ticket collector back at the New Delhi Railway Station. Sangwan spent his early years training at the MRF Pace Foundation, where he trained under Aussie legend Glenn McGrath.
Sangwan was born on September 2, 1995, in Najafgarh, Delhi and is a right-arm fast bowler who initially played Under-19 cricket for Delhi. Later, he shifted to Railways for his First-Class career.
Having grown up in Rajasthan’s Jhunjhunu, Sangwan had left home to pursue his passion of being a fast bowler. His father Surendra Singh Sangwan is a bank manager and mother Bhagwan Rati is a teacher.
In 2018, Sangwan made his U-23 debut for the Railways in the CK Nayudu Trophy and finished the season with 37 wickets from seven matches with him then selected for the Ranji Trophy squad in 2019.
He has set his Instagram profile to private.
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— UmdarTamker (@UmdarTamker) January 31, 2025
Career
Himanshu Sangwan notably made his List A debut for Railways in September 2019. He made his List A debut during the 2019/20 Vijay Hazare Trophy. Sangwan then went on to make his T20 debut during the 2019/20 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. He then made his first-class debut in December 2019 for Railways at the Ranji Trophy.
Sangwan made headlines at the iconic Wankhede Stadium way back in 2019 when he took six wickets to help Railways secure a 10-wicket win over a strong Mumbai team in a Ranji Trophy match and his five-wicket haul in Mumbai’s second innings included the key dismissals of Ajinkya Rahane and Prithvi Shaw.
Himanshu made his debut in First-Class cricket in 2019 and thus has played 23 matches, taking 77 wickets at an average of 19.92 and economy of 3.02 and in an innings, his best bowling figures are 6 for 33 and in a match, he has taken the highest match figures of 7 for 81.
Apart from First-Class cricket, he has also featured in 17 List A matches, taking 21 wickets and in the T20 format, he has played 7 matches and picked up 5 wickets. He won’t be playing in IPL 2025.
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— 𝑨𝑩𝕏𝑫 (@abxdalt) January 31, 2025