User:Saurav Mishra

Personal information

Full name:                Saurav Mishra

Born:                         18 February 2000 (age 17)

Nickname:                Junior Mahi

Height:                       5 ft 11in (177 m)

Batting style:             Right-handed

Bowling style:            Right-arm medium

Role:                            wicketkeeper Batsman

Early Life

Saurav Mishra was born on 18 February 2000 in Muzaffarpur into a Hindu family. His father, Gauri Shankar Mishra, worked as a Business man and his mother, Sheela Mishra, is a house wife. He has a younger brother, Mayank and a younger sister, Supriya, and his uncle, Brij Bhushan Mishra, worked as a Railway impolay. According to his family, when he was four -years old. Saurav would pick a cricket bat. Start swimming it and ask his uncle to bowl at him.

Saurav was raised in Delhi Public school, Kolkata. And started his schooling at St. Joseph's Public school. In 2005, the Videocon School of Cricket was created and Saurav, a eight -year- old, was part of its first intake. Saurav's father took him to the academy after their Friends suggested that " Saurav shouldn't wasted his time in Gully cricket and instead join a professional club. Saurav trained at the academy under Sourav Ganguly and also played matches at the Delhi public school, Kolkata at the same time. Apart from sports, Saurav was good at academics as well, and his teachers remember him as" a bright and alert child". Saurav's family lived in Muzaffarpur, Bihar.

Domestic Career

Saurav mishra is an Indian cricketer who currently captains the India team in U- 19 level. A Right-Handed batsman often rated as one of the best wicketkeeper-batsmen in the under 19 cricketing circle. Saurav was ranked first in ESPN's list of Domestic's most U-19 famous athletes In 2016.

Saurav mishra feats of three triple centuries finds no match in the Cooch Behar Trophy records, or in international cricket records 16-year-old Saurav Mishra, who is current captain of Bengal U- 19, has achieved an unique feats in the ongoing U-19 Cooch Behar Trophy --

He has slammed three triple hundreds, as well as three consecutive hundreds. The Bengal lad achieved this feat against Maharashtra U-19, in a match which concluded on Tuesday. Saurav has done everything right this season -- with 1380 runs in 5 matches scored at an average 321.75, he holds a sizeable lead as the highest run-getter in the Cooch Behar Trophy as well. He has also hit the most sixes in the tournament. The young Saurav scored 178 against Utter Pradesh, 337 against Haryana, 311 against Maharashtra. The Right hand batsman, born in 2000, is already recognized as a batting prodigy in Indian domestic cricket circles. Saurav's triple feats of three triple 300s and three consecutive 100s do not find a match in the history of Cooch Behar Trophy. Three triple centuries is a record which finds no match in international cricket either, though there have been the very rare instance of two consecutive triple centuries. He also scored 353 runs against Mumbai in a series between Bengal U-19 and Mumbai U- 19. Bengal Cricketer who made his U- 19 debut for Bengal during the 2016-17 season. Aged 16. A Right-handed batsman who customarily comes in third in the batting order. He has also played inter zonal matches, making his debut for East Zone in 2015 in leg matches of the BCCI tournament. Saurav first played for Bengal U- 16  team as a Captain in Polly Umrigar trophy in 2014-15 season. He was the leading - run getter for his team in the tournament with 390 runs in 5 innings at an average of 78 including two centuries and two fifties. Late in 2015-16 season in Vijay Merchant Trophy. he scored 757 runs from 7  matches at an average of 84.11 with 4 centuries and top score 201 And Bengal U - 16 team won Vijay Merchant Trophy under his captaincy.