Who is the Mumbai Indians hitter Nehal Wadhera, who made an impression in his debut, have a look at his biography
In the Indian Premier League, Mumbai Indians, a five-time winner, has a knack for spotting young Indian talent.
Tilak Varma, a reliable middle-order left-hander, seemed to be Mumbai’s lone shining star during a lacklustre IPL 2022 season.
Who is cricketer Nehal Wadhera, biography, age, family, father, jersey number, IPL 2023 team and stats
The first Indian to smash a 100M six in IPL 2023. debutant, Nehal Wadhera. 🔥#MIvsRCB | #RCBvMIpic.twitter.com/B1fLghmi48
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Mumbai now appears to have found Nehal Wadhera, another outstanding southpaw, for the 2023 season.
Wadhera joined the batting order at No. 6 on Sunday with Mumbai Indians reeling at 48 for four against Royal Challengers Bangalore.
He hit a four off the first ball he faced, a gentle steer past the slips with an open face of the bat off Michael Bracewell.
Using back-to-back sixes, Wadhera laid into Karn Sharma after Tilak at the other end had helped to steady the ship. After initially rocking back and pulling one over deep midwicket, Karn pitched the subsequent ball up fuller, and Wadhera tonked him for an enormous maximum of 101 metres over long-on.
However, the 35-year-old leg spinner prevailed as Virat Kohli at long-on collected Wadhera’s big shot after he tried another one.
Wadhera returned for a 13-ball 21 and gave Mumbai’s innings some stability after putting together a 50-run combination with Tilak off 30 deliveries.
A 1⃣0⃣1⃣m maximum followed by a wicket!
Karn Sharma gets Nehal Wadhera who looked in impressive touch 👌👌
The fifty partnership gets broken at the right time for @RCBTweets 💪
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Wadhera, a 22-year-old, feels as though this is a special event. He was bought at the IPL 2023 auction for his basic price of Rs. 20 lakh in December and made his Ranji Trophy debut earlier this year in January, scoring 123 runs against Gujarat.
He then shocked Madhya Pradesh, the current winner, with a stunning 214. Similar to this, in his debut for the Indian U-19 team, Wadhera struck 81 against Sri Lanka.
The fact that this was the Punjab batter’s first senior-level white-ball match belied his ability to unleash his shots under pressure after losing early wickets.
Wadhera, often referred to as the “new-age Yuvraj Singh,” will be looking to have a good IPL debut season to show off his talent.
How old is Nehal Wadhera?
Nehal Wadhera was born on September 4, 2000 and he is currently 22 years old.
Nehal Wadhera family, education, early life
Even though he was raised in a non-cricketing family, Nehal Wadhera received training at the Ludhiana District Cricket Association. He got his diploma from Satish Chander Dhawan Government College.
The home of his family in Sarabha Nagar is crowded with delighted guests who have come to applaud them.
Nehal’s father, industrialist Kamal Wadhera, expressed his pride in his son’s accomplishments and said that they reflect a major victory for the city and the state as Nehal moves closer to his goal of playing for the Indian cricket team.
The first exhibition of Nehal Wadhera’s talent came in the 2018 U-19 Cooch Behar Trophy, where he smashed six fifties and further examples of his promise with the bat came on his U-19 India debut against Sri Lanka (81) and in the semis of a 2022 Punjab State Inter-district tournament (578 vs Bathinda U-23). As if to celebrate him being picked up at the 2023 IPL Auction, the Punjab boy notched a century (123) on his Ranji debut against Gujarat and would follow it up with a double-ton (214) a couple of games later vs Madhya Pradesh in the 2022-2023 season.
Nehal Wadhera Stats in Domestic Cricket
| Matches | Runs | Average | Highest Score | 100s |
| 5 | 376 | 53.71 | 214 | 2 |
Nehal Wadhera IPL 2023 Salary
The Mumbai Indians bought Nehal Wadhera from Punjab for his beginning bid of INR 20 lakh during the IPL 2023 mini-auction.