| Ravikumar Samarth | |
| Country: | India |
| Birth Date: | 22 January 1993 |
| Birth Place: | Mysore, Karnataka, India |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm off break |
| Role: | Batsman |
| Club1: | Karnataka |
| Year1: | 2013/14–present |
| Columns: | 3 |
| Column1: | FC |
| Matches1: | 66 |
| Runs1: | 4171 |
| Bat Avg1: | 38.62 |
| 100S/50S1: | 9/20 |
| Top Score1: | 235 |
| Deliveries1: | 624 |
| Wickets1: | 5 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 83.00 |
| Fivefor1: | 0 |
| Tenfor1: | 0 |
| Best Bowling1: | 2/67 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 72/– |
| Column2: | LA |
| Matches2: | 39 |
| Runs2: | 1781 |
| Bat Avg2: | 53.96 |
| 100S/50S2: | 7/8 |
| Top Score2: | 192 |
| Deliveries2: | – |
| Wickets2: | – |
| Bowl Avg2: | – |
| Fivefor2: | – |
| Tenfor2: | – |
| Best Bowling2: | – |
| Catches/Stumpings2: | 17/– |
| Column3: | T20 |
| Matches3: | 23 |
| Runs3: | 275 |
| Bat Avg3: | 13.75 |
| 100S/50S3: | 0/0 |
| Top Score3: | 40 |
| Deliveries3: | – |
| Wickets3: | – |
| Bowl Avg3: | – |
| Fivefor3: | – |
| Tenfor3: | – |
| Best Bowling3: | – |
| Catches/Stumpings3: | 9/– |
| Date: | 18 January |
| Year: | 2020 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/player/474512.html Cricinfo |
Ravikumar Samarth (born 22 January 1993) is an Indian cricketer who plays for Karnataka cricket team. He is a right-handed top-order batsman and occasional right-arm off break bowler. He played for Karnataka at various age-group levels such as Under-12, Under-14, Under-16 and Under-19, before making his first-class debut in December 2013.[1]
Samarth did his schooling at the Bishop Cotton Boys' School and B'Com at SBM Jain College which comes under the umbrella of Jain University,[2] Bangalore. While studying at Bishop Cottons, he trained at the Karnataka Institute of Cricket. He also led his school cricket team at the U-14 and U-16 levels, often opening both batting and bowling. He ended leading multiple winning inter-school cricket teams in India. While at school, he was renowned for intensity on the field and his clam demeanor off it. His father Ravikumar works as a clerk in State Bank of India. He has an elder sister Mowna who works at Yahoo!.He recently got engaged to Uttara Prakash and posted it on Instagram on 1 January which was his 100th post on Instagram.[1]
According to his father, he was a good sprinter and tennis player.[1]
Samarth played division cricket in the KSCA league. In 2011, he scored over 1200 runs in the national Under-19 tournaments – Vinoo Mankad Trophy and Cooch Behar Trophy.[1]
In 2013, he scored six hundreds from eight innings for KSCA President's XI in the Safi Darashah Trophy, including five hundreds in succession.[3] He made his first-class debut for Karnataka against Mumbai in December 2013 and scored 18 and 75 in that match opening the innings.[4]
In October 2018, he was named in India C's squad for the 2018–19 Deodhar Trophy.[5] In February 2022, he was bought by the Sunrisers Hyderabad in the auction for the 2022 Indian Premier League tournament.[6]