Star batsman Saurabh Tiwari is now Sri Lanka's captain, played World Cup for Team India once
On the basis of excellent performance in IPL, Saurabh Tiwari got a chance to play for the Indian team. But he could play only three ODIs for India and then retired in February this year.
There are several players in the history of Indian cricket who became famous as soon as they came. However, once they disappeared from the headlines, they could never return. Similarly, there is one such name Saurabh Tiwari of Bihar. When Saurabh came to the Indian Premier League (IPL), he was compared to 'Captain Cool' Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Saurabh made an entry with long hair like Dhoni and he used to play for Mumbai Indians (MI). He is also called Chota Dhoni in Jharkhand.
On the basis of excellent performance in the IPL, he got a chance to play for the Indian team. But he could play only three ODIs for India and then retired in February this year. At present, Saurabh participates in the Lanka T10 Super League. In this year's tournament, he had been leading the Nuwara Eliya Kings.
Saurabh Tiwari played 2 ODI innings and scored 49 runs for India. The best score during this is 37 not out. However, in the first class, he was strong. Saurabh scored 8076 runs in 116 first-class matches at an excellent average of 47.22. During this, he also scored 22 centuries, and 34 half-centuries as well. Saurabh Tiwari played 116 List A, and 181 T20 matches too.
Saurabh Tiwari was also a member of the Under-19 World Cup-winning team under the captaincy of Virat Kohli in the year 2008. The 34-year-old Saurabh played 93 matches in the IPL. During this, he scored 1494 runs at an average of 28.73. His strike rate was 120.1.
