
Mayank Agarwal
Indian cricketer
Date of Birth | : | 16 February, 1991 (Age 34) |
Place of Birth | : | Bengaluru, India |
Profession | : | Cricket Player |
Nationality | : | Indian |
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Mayank Anurag Agarwal is an Indian cricketer who plays as a right-handed opener. He captains his state Karnataka across all formats in domestic cricket. He made his international debut for the India cricket team on 26 December 2018 against Australia at the MCG. He was bought by Sunrises Hyderabad for Rs 8.5 Crore, in the 2023 Indian Premier League auction.
Early life and career
Agarwal was born on 16 February 1991 in Bangalore. His father Anurag Agarwal is the CEO of the US$35 million healthcare company Natural Remedies. Agarwal studied at the Bishop Cotton Boys' School and Jain University in Bangalore, where he was teammates with K. L. Rahul and Karun Nair.
Agarwal came to prominence with his performances in the Under-19 Cooch Behar Trophy in 2008-09 and 2010 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup, in which he was the leading run-getter for India. He was also adjudged Man of the Series in the Karnataka Premier League in 2010.
International career
In September 2018, Agarwal was named in India's Test squad for their series against the West Indies, but he did not play. In December 2018, he was added to India's Test squad for their series against Australia, after Prithvi Shaw was ruled out of the side due to ankle injury. He made his Test debut against Australia on 26 December 2018, scoring seventy-six runs in his first innings at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. This was the highest score by an Indian cricketer on a Test debut in Australia, going past the previous record of 51 runs set by Dattu Phadkar, at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) in 1947. He played the 4th test also and finished the series with 195 runs.
In July 2019, he was added to India's squad for the 2019 Cricket World Cup, replacing Vijay Shankar, who was ruled out of the rest of the tournament due to toe injury.
Personal life
Agarwal practices the meditation technique of Vipassanā, being introduced to it by his father Anurag Agarwal. He is also said to have inspired by Joseph Murphy's book- The Power of the Subconscious Mind.
In January 2018, Agarwal was engaged to Aashita Sood, daughter of Indian Police Service officer Praveen Sood, current Head of the Central Bureau of Investigation and married her on 6 June 2018. The couple had their first child, a boy, on 8 December 2022.
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