Ravi Bishnoi was born on September 5, 2000, he is an Indian cricketer who currently represents Rajasthan in county cricket and Punjab Kings in the Indian Premier League. He has an extremely inspiring story; Bishnoi was conceived and reared in the Rajasthan city of Jodhpur. Due to a dearth of cricket atmosphere and amenities in West Rajasthan; he and his buddies, with the assistance of two mentors, established Spartans Cricket Academy; wherein they performed all of the miller work themselves; due to budget constraints, so that he could practice. He was turned down for the U-16 trials once and the U-19 trials repeatedly until his coaches persuaded the authorities to give him another shot; he was ultimately picked for the U-19 Rajasthan roster. Later, Rajasthan Royals called him up as a net bowler in March 2018.
However, as of now, he is yet to have an expansive domestic career; On 21 February 2019; he earned his T20 bow for Rajasthan in the 2018–19 Syed Mushtaq Ali Tournament. On September 27, 2019; he got his List A start for Rajasthan in the 2019–20 Vijay Hazare Cup. Later, he was selected to India A’s roster for the 2019–20 Deodhar Trophy in October 2019. Following this IPL season; it will be interesting to see if he gets a more prominent role for his state team.
More information about the young superstar from Rajasthan!
Bishnoi gained global recognition in 2020; He was picked to India’s Under-19 Cricket World Cup team; in December 2019. Bishnoi got four wickets without yielding a single; in India’s match versus Japan on 21 January 2020, before concluding his tenure with four wickets for five runs off eight overs; with India prevailing by ten wickets; and he was chosen player of the match. He completed the competition with the most wickets.
Despite, having two decent IPL seasons; wherein he took 12 wickets each. He is expected to be released by Punjab Kings before the start of the upcoming season of the IPL.
