Left-arm seamer Saurabh Netravalkar was India's highest wicket-taker in the U-19 World Cup in 2010. Among his scalps was Joe Root. Three years later in his debut Ranji Trophy game for Mumbai against Karnataka, he took three wickets. It turned out to be his lone first-class match before he left for the USA in 2015 to work as a software engineer. He went on to become the captain of the USA cricket team in 2018.
Now 32 and playing under skipper Monank Patel, Netravalkar's bowling (4-0-18-2), and nerveless calm in the Super Over, were key to the USA's improbable triumph against Pakistan in the ongoing T20 World Cup. The cricketer spoke with Avijit Ghosh about his rollercoaster career.
