India vs Bangladesh 2024: Who is Akash Deep, RCB teammate of Virat Kohli and cricketer who has rocked Bangladesh in 1st Test
Bengal and Royal Challengers Bangalore pacer Akash Deep picked up back-to-back wickets in his second over to reduce Bangladesh to 26 for 3 in reply to India's 376.
Bangladesh didn’t know what hit them within the ninth over of their innings within the 1st Test vs India on the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Friday. Bengal and Royal Challengers Bangalore pacer Akash Deep rocked the Bangladesh top order with two wickets in successive balls – brushing aside opener Zakir Hasan and Mominul Haque off successive deliveries just earlier than lunch.
Akash Deep’s double blow reduced Bangladesh to 26 for 3 in 9 overs in reply to India’s first innings score of 376. The pacer on the initiating hails from Bihar and adjusted into born and brought up in Baddi village of Rohtas district. He left his place of origin on the age of thirteen and headed to Bengal to try to pursue a career in cricket.
The youngster had dedicated his impressive debut against England earlier this year to his father and brother whom he had lost within a niche of three hundred and sixty five days. “I thought I'd like to do something after I lost my dad and brother in three hundred and sixty five days, then I stepped out to play cricket. I had nothing to lose and the entirety to win. I dedicate this to my father because it changed into his dream that his son does something in life. I couldn’t do anything in his life (when he changed into alive), so this performance is for my father,” Akash Deep had said after his debut against England in Ranchi.
The 27-year-old returned to Kolkata and joined United Club in CAB’s 2d division league where he met Mohammad Shami, who helped him work on his fitness and helped the bowler make bigger his %. In precisely his 2d first class game, Akash bagged six wickets against Gujarat, on his solution to 35 wickets within the season at a standard of 18.02 in Bengal’s run to the Ranji Trophy final.
Akash Deep has been sensational in domestic cricket, claiming 116 wickets in only 32 matches with a brilliant average of twenty-two.86. Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) bought the Bengal pacer for Rs 20 lakh back in IPL 2022 auction. The pacer made his debut lower than the captaincy of Virat Kohli in RCB.
Virat Kohli gifted his bat to Akash Deep
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Prior to the first Test against Bangladesh in Chennai, former RCB skipper Virat Kohli gifted Akash Deep his bat after seeing promise within the batting of the pacer. In his post, Akash Deep expressed his gratitude with a heartfelt caption: “Thanq bhaiya (Thanks big brother)”.
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