Coding to cricket: Saurabh Netravalkar aces all pitches
software engineer in Oracle, developed his own cricket app, adept at playing Ukulele, a decent singer and yes, also a game-changing pacer for T20 World Cup debutants USA — if winning in life had a face, it could well be Saurabh Netravalkar. The 32-year-old, who played for India in the 2010 U-19 World Cup, has shared the dressing room with the likes of KL Rahul and Mayank Agarwal, even played the Ranji Trophy for Mumbai, but without doubt his finest moment arrived on Thursday in Dallas, against Pakistan in the T20 World Cup.
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Saurabh and his unfancied but immensely talented USA side stunned the cricket fraternity when it took down the mighty and mercurial Pakistan in the Super Over after scores were tied at 159 in regulation play.
Defending 19 runs, Saurabh kept his composure to stop Pakistan at 13 and give his adopted side a win for the ages.
If Pakistan's perpetual trait of being fallible was at its peak on Thursday, it was USA and Saurabh's composure which helped them beat a giant. Interestingly, Saurabh and Pakistan captain Babar Azam had faced off in the 2010 U-19 World Cup too but it was the latter who walked away as the winner on that day.
Not on Thursday though.
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