When he played his first international match against India, he lost the wickets of Rohit and Virat. Rohit somehow opened his account after that, but Virat could not even do that. This is during the T20 World Cup 2024, where even though the USA team lost by 7 wickets against India, but in that match too, Indian-origin left-arm fast bowler Saurabh Netravalkar left his mark. In that match, USA got only 3 successes, in which 2 valuable wickets were taken by Saurabh Netravalkar. Currently, Saurabh is in the news because the fear of his balls seems to dominate the batsmen in MLC 2024.

MLC i.e. Major League Cricket, in which Saurabh Netravalkar, who plays for the Washington Freedom team, has become the top bowler. He seems to be far ahead of other bowlers in terms of taking wickets. His wicket-taking record in the tournament so far is 3 wickets per match. This does not mean that he has taken 3 wickets in every match. Rather, it means that the overall ratio of the wickets he has taken so far is 3 wickets per match.

Successful bowlers of USA in T20 World Cup

Saurabh Netravalkar made his name felt in the T20 World Cup 2024. The USA team was playing the T20 World Cup for the first time. Even after this, it was successful in reaching the Super-8 of the tournament. It defeated a team like Pakistan in the group stage. Saurabh Netravalkar was an important link in all these successes of USA. He was the most successful bowler with 8 wickets in 6 matches played in that tournament.

12 wickets in 4 matches means 3 wickets per match!

Currently, Saurabh Netravalkar is playing in America's Major League Cricket. He has taken 12 wickets in 4 innings of 4 matches played so far in this T20 tournament. That is, if we consider it on the basis of 3 wickets per match. His best bowling spell during the tournament so far is of taking 4 wickets for 25 runs. With 12 wickets taken so far, Netravalkar is far ahead of other bowlers of MLC.

After 4 matches, compared to Saurabh Netravalkar's 12 wickets, bowlers like Spencer Johnson, Lockie Ferguson have only 7 wickets. That means there is a gap of 5 wickets between them and Saurabh. In the list of bowlers taking most wickets in MLC 2024, Spencer and Lockie are second after Saurabh Netravalkar.