- By Namrata Vijay
- Thu, 13 Jun 2024 03:07 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
IND vs USA, 2024 T20 World Cup: USA's Saurav Netravalkar has become a household name, at least for the cricket lovers given his epic performances in the ongoing T20 World Cup 2024. The hype around this India-born US cricketer has only increased after his brilliant performance in the match against India in New York on Wednesday. In an interesting turn of events, Netravalkar dismissed both the Indian openers -- Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli -- in his first two overs and left the cricketing fans impressed.
Netravalkar, who is a software engineer, has been in sublime form in the ongoing tournament. He showed his bowling prowess against India, where he took the wickets of star batters quite comfortably. Kohli, who tried to play his cover drive, edged the ball towards wicket-keeper Andries Gous and left both Rohit and the fans shell-shocked. His onslaught didn’t end there as he dismissed the Indian skipper in the next over at just three runs.
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The Indian cricket fans got worried after both Rohit and Kohli got out which led to a meme fest on social media, where an Indian-origin bowler rattled team India’s batting lineup. The social media went into a frenzy and shared memes that talked about Netravalkar’s journey from playing for India in the U19 World Cup, his domestic cricket days, and his shifting to the USA to pursue cricket again.
Here are some of the social media memes which went viral:
how much more this netravalkar wants to achieve in life bro past mein jaake sachin ka bhi wicket lega kya
— vishal dayama (@VishalDayama) June 12, 2024
This Engineer guy needs to be deported back to India. We need him.
— Silly Point (@FarziCricketer) June 12, 2024
Netravalkar getting Kohli out for a duck proves the Indian uncles were right this whole time.
— Deedy (@deedydas) June 12, 2024
"First get masters in US and become engineer beta, then you play cricket"
Me if I knew Saurabh Netravalkar is going to get Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli both. pic.twitter.com/J1j0BXIY49
— Silly Point (@FarziCricketer) June 12, 2024
Saurabh Netravalkar who works in Oracle got Virat Kohli out on a duck.
— EngiNerd. (@mainbhiengineer) June 12, 2024
And Oracle stock pic.twitter.com/lZZiWNimtw
Saurabh Netravalkar picks up Kohli's and Rohit's wicket
— SwatKat (@swatic12) June 12, 2024
ICT fans to Saurabh : #INDvsUSA pic.twitter.com/HYalZr86sH
Netravalkar's bowling prowess emphasized the statement he gave just before the match, where he talked about bowling to both Kohli and Sharma. However, Netravalkar’s efforts went in vain as India qualified for the Super 8 stage after defeating the USA by seven wickets on Wednesday. Although India’s formidable batters Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma were dismissed cheaply, it was Suryakumar Yadav and Shivam Dube, who built a match-winning partnership of 65 runs and led the team across the line.