Rajan Kumar Profile: The 27-year-old right-arm medium-fast bowler, Rajan Kumar has been representing his hometown Uttarakhand in domestic leagues. In the upcoming IPL 2024, he will be a part of the squad of Royal Challengers Bangalore.
Player Overview
| Full Name | Rajan Kumar |
| Born | 8 July 1996 |
| Current IPL Team | Royal Challengers Bangalore |
| Role | Bowler |
| Batting Style | Right-handed |
| Bowling Style | Right-arm fast |
| Nationality | India |
| IPL Debut | – |
| IPL 2024 Auction Price | INR 20 Lac |
Rajan Kumar Profile
Bowling:
| Format | Matches | Wickets | Economy |
| FC | 2 | 6 | 3.84 |
| List A | 9 | 14 | 5.01 |
| T20s | 13 | 17 | 7 |
Batting:
| Format | Matches | Runs | Strike Rate |
| FC | 2 | 11 | 15.27 |
| List A | 9 | 27 | 60 |
| T20s | 13 | 1 | 50 |
IPL Auction Prize
| Year | Prize | Team |
| 2024 | INR 20 Lac | Royal Challengers Bangalore |
Recent Matches
| MATCH | Batting | Bowling | Date |
| Uttarakhand vs Himachal | 10 & 0 | 2/43 & 2/20 | 12-Jan-2024 |
| Uttarakhand vs M. Pradesh | 1 | 2/71 & 0/12 | 05-Jan-2024 |
| Uttarakhand vs Bihar | 13 | 5/28 | 01-Dec-2023 |
| Uttarakhand vs Chandigarh | — | 1/58 | 29-Nov-2023 |
| Uttarakhand vs Karnataka | 1* | 2/71 | 25-Nov-2023 |
| Uttarakhand vs Haryana | 0* | 0/40 | 23-Nov-2023 |
| Uttarakhand vs Puducherry | — | 2/37 | 27-Oct-2023 |
| Uttarakhand vs Rajasthan | 1 | 2/22 | 25-Oct-2023 |
| Uttarakhand vs Bengal | — | 0/24 | 23-Oct-2023 |
| Uttarakhand vs Jharkhand | — | 0/20 | 19-Oct-2023 |
IPL 2024
He played his most recent match earlier this year on 12 January against the Himachal Pradesh team in the Ranji Trophy. He took 4 wickets, giving 62 runs. His performance helped the team in winning the match by 88 runs.
We witnessed his best performance on 1 December 2023 against the Bihar team in the Vijay Hazare Trophy. This young bowler shocked everyone by taking 5 wickets. This stat is considered a milestone even for experienced international bowlers. Such amazing performances caught the attention of selectors in Indian Premier League where Royal Challengers Bangalore made the highest bid for him.
RCB IPL 2024 Squad: Faf du Plessis (C), Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Anuj Rawat, Dinesh Karthik, Suyash Prabhudessai, Will Jacks, Mahipal Lomror, Karn Sharma, Mayank Dagar, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Mohammed Siraj, Reece Topley, Rajan Kumar, Cameron Green, Manoj Bhandage, Alzarri Joseph, Yash Dayal, Tom Curran, Akash Deep, Lockie Ferguson, Swapnil Singh, Saurav Chauhan, Himanshu Sharma, Glenn Maxwell.
Summary
Rajan Kumar, the young talented cricketer was born on 8 July 1996 in Haridwar, Uttarakhand. The left-arm medium-fast bowler represents his hometown, Uttarakhand in domestic cricket matches and he is considered to be one of the best players in this team. He has already built a reputation for himself in the domestic leagues.
Rajan made his T20 debut on 11 October 2022, against the Railways team in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. In his four overs spell, he dismissed 2 batters and helped his team win the match by 7 wickets. Just a few weeks later, he made his debut in List A cricket on 12 November 2022, against the Odisha team in Vijay Hazare Trophy. In this match, he bowled 8 overs and 2 balls and took 3 wickets, his team was victorious once again.
He played his first match in Ranji Trophy this year on 5 January against the Madhya Pradesh. The match ended with no result. He is new to the cricket world, we have seen him playing for the Uttarakhand team in these domestic leagues and so far he has been performing impressively.
Seeing his performance in the domestic tournaments, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) picked Rajan Kumar in the 2023 IPL Auction. It’s a great opportunity for him to showcase his talent at a bigger stage. RCB will play their first match on 22 March against the Chennai Super Kings. It will be interesting to see if Rajan will make his IPL debut this year.
That’s it for the Rajan Kumar Profile, for more information, you can visit the official website of Indian Premier League.