Soon after left-arm pacer Saurabh Netravalkar bowled USA to a famous 'Super Over' win over Pakistan in the 2024 T20 World Cup on Thursday, the engineer-cum-cricketer of India-origin started trending on social media.
Netravalkar, a former India U-19 player from Mumbai, defended the 18 runs USA scored in the 'Super Over' and stopped Pakistan at 13 to trigger celebrations in the US camp. Both the teams scored 159 runs to tie the game and force a 'Super Over'.
Before being entrusted to bowl the 'Super Over', Saurabh had delivered an excellent spell of 2 for 18 to restrict Pakistan.
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Expectedly, Saurabh started trending on social media and everything related to him was being virally searched online. And it is widely known now that his talent goes way beyond the cricket field - an MS in Computer Science from Cornell University, working as an engineer at Orcale and an excellent ukulele player.
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Pakistan became the second Test-playing nation, after Bangladesh, to lose to the US in T20Is inside a month. US won the T20I series against Bangladesh just before the start of the T20 World Cup.
With 2/2 win, the co-hosts now lead the Group A and will next face India on June 12.
