{"id":3498,"date":"2017-12-07T17:03:31","date_gmt":"2017-12-07T11:33:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.smartworld.asia\/?p=3498"},"modified":"2017-12-07T17:03:51","modified_gmt":"2017-12-07T11:33:51","slug":"meet-indian-cricketer-deaf-one-ear-plays-efficient-cricket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smartzworld.com\/sports\/meet-indian-cricketer-deaf-one-ear-plays-efficient-cricket\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet this Indian cricketer who is deaf in one ear and plays efficient cricket"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>India\u2019s T20 squad for the upcoming three-match series against Sri Lanka featured three new faces. All-rounders Washington Sundar, Deepak Hooda and fast bowler Basil Thampi.<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3500\" src=\"https:\/\/sports.smartworld.asia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/washington-cricket-300x167.jpg\" alt=\"washington-cricket\" width=\"680\" height=\"378\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smartzworld.com\/sports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/washington-cricket-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/smartzworld.com\/sports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/washington-cricket-696x386.jpg 696w, https:\/\/smartzworld.com\/sports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/washington-cricket.jpg 753w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In 12 first-class matches to date, he has scored 532 runs with a highest of 159.<\/p>\n<p>During a Duleep Trophy match in September, he scored 88 and 42 and took 11 wickets in the match.<\/p>\n<p>The 18-year-old made his T20 debut during the 2017 IPL for Rising Pune Supergiant. He made a big impact with his bowling during the Qualifier against Mumbai Indians. Taking the wickets of Rohit Sharma, Kieron Pollard and Ambati Rayudu, finishing with figures of 3 for 16 off four overs and with it the Man of the Match award.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Deepak Hooda<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Deepak Hooda is a right-handed batsman who bowls off-spin<\/p>\n<p>Hooda made an impact during the 2014 Under-19 World Cup in the UAE, scoring 235 runs with two fifties and picking up 11 wickets, including a five-wicket haul.<\/p>\n<p>He has represented Rajasthan Royals and Sunrisers Hyderabad in the IPL. He has a highest score of 54, with a strike rate of 139 runs for every 100 balls. In 41 IPL matches, he has taken six wickets. He has been used mostly as a middle-order batsman.<\/p>\n<p>Sunrisers were so impressed with his hitting ability that they bought him for Rs 4.2 crores in 2016.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Basil Thampi<\/strong><br \/>\nBasil Thampi is a right-arm fast bowler and regarded as one of the quicker bowlers in the domestic circuit.<\/p>\n<p>Thampi enjoyed a good debut IPL season for Gujarat Lions in 2017, taking 11 wickets in 12 games with a best of 3 for 29.<\/p>\n<p>Thampi made it to the India A squad that toured South Africa after the IPL.<\/p>\n<p>The 24 year old has 28 first-class wickets and 37 wickets in T20s.<\/p>\n<p>In three Ranji Trophy matches this season, he has taken 8 wickets, playing his part in helping Kerala make the quarter-finals for the first time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India\u2019s T20 squad for the upcoming three-match series against Sri Lanka featured three new faces. All-rounders Washington Sundar, Deepak Hooda and fast bowler Basil Thampi. In 12 first-class matches to date, he has scored 532 runs with a highest of 159. During a Duleep Trophy match in September, he scored 88 and 42 and took &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3500,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"two_page_speed":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[1338],"tags":[4847,4848,3369],"class_list":["post-3498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-cricket-news","tag-basil-thampi","tag-deepak-hooda","tag-washington"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/smartzworld.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/smartzworld.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/smartzworld.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smartzworld.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smartzworld.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3498"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/smartzworld.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3498\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smartzworld.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/smartzworld.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smartzworld.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smartzworld.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}