Shreevats Goswami

Shreevats Goswami

Indian Left Handed Bat

Personal Information

Full Name Shreevats Pratyush Goswami
Date of Birth May 18, 1989
Nationality Indian
Height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Role Wicket Keeper / Left hand bat
Past Team(s)
Family Payal Jugroop (Spouse), Pratyush Goswami (Father)

Most Recent Matches

Match R BF 4s 6s S/R O R W E/R
SSS vs GG 24 21 4 0 114.29 0 0 0 0
MNT vs SSS 19 16 2 0 118.75 0 0 0 0
SSS vs INC 24 21 3 0 114.29 0 0 0 0
URH vs SSS 18 13 4 0 138.46 0 0 0 0
ARP vs MIZ 8 8 1 0 100.00 0 0 0 0

Batting Stats

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Game Type Mat Inn R BF NO Avg S/R 100s 50s H 4s 6s Ct St
T20s 111 101 2437 2109 10 26.78 115.55 0 13 86 270 40 52 10
LISTAs 97 97 3371 4646 7 37.45 72.55 6 18 149 369 26 79 9
FIRSTCLASS 61 99 3019 5952 6 32.46 50.72 4 17 225 408 11 143 1

Bowling Stats

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Game Type Mat Inn O R W Avg E/R Best 5w 10w
T20s 111 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
LISTAs 97 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FIRSTCLASS 61 2 3 14 0 0 4.66 0 0 0

Shreevats Goswami News

"Most of the times it’s opposite" - Shreevats Goswami feels there shouldn't by any pitch reports in IPL 2024 "Most of the times it’s opposite" - Shreevats Goswami feels there shouldn't by any pitch reports in IPL 2024
"Most of the times it’s opposite" - Shreevats Goswami feels there shouldn't by any pitch reports in IPL 2024
U19 World Cup champions Virat Kohli and Shreevats Goswami reunite in Kolkata ahead of IND vs SA clash U19 World Cup champions Virat Kohli and Shreevats Goswami reunite in Kolkata ahead of IND vs SA clash
U19 World Cup champions Virat Kohli and Shreevats Goswami reunite in Kolkata ahead of IND vs SA clash 
"This tweet & comments below are utterly degrading" - Former RCB player lashes out at popular X user for Riyan Parag tweet "This tweet & comments below are utterly degrading" - Former RCB player lashes out at popular X user for Riyan Parag tweet
"This tweet & comments below are utterly degrading" - Former RCB player lashes out at popular X user for Riyan Parag tweet
Shreevats Goswami announces retirement from first-class cricket, shares emotional post Shreevats Goswami announces retirement from first-class cricket, shares emotional post
Shreevats Goswami announces retirement from first-class cricket, shares emotional post
"We didn't know who Kane Williamson was and we didn't care!" - Shreevats Goswami's path from U19 WC champ to grizzled veteran of the unforgiving game "We didn't know who Kane Williamson was and we didn't care!" - Shreevats Goswami's path from U19 WC champ to grizzled veteran of the unforgiving game
"We didn't know who Kane Williamson was and we didn't care!" - Shreevats Goswami's path from U19 WC champ to grizzled veteran of the unforgiving game

Shreevats Goswami: A Brief Biography

Shreevats Goswami is a professional Indian cricketer, born on 18 May 1989 in Kolkata, West Bengal India. He is a left handed wicketkeeper batsman, who plays for Bengal in the First-Class cricket. Goswami, due to his playstyle is preferred in shorter formats of the game and is yet to discover himself in test cricket.


Table of Contents


  1. Career
  2. Background


Career


Domestic Career


ICC U/19 Cricket World Cup - Official Team Photo calls


Goswami started playing cricket at the age of 11 and grew up to play domestic cricket for the under -19 Bengal team. Goswami made his first class cricket debut against Madhya Pradesh in November 2008 at Gwalior. He scored 22 runs from 37 balls in the first innings, he couldn't do much in the second innings and was dismissed for a duck in 7 balls. In 2008, he made his List A debut for Bengal against ‘Delhi’ at Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. He was also the part of ‘India’s Under-19 Cricket World Cup’ tournament.


Goswami has found it difficult to cement in his position in the Bengal team due to the presence of Wriddhiman Saha who is also a wicketkeeper batsman. However in the 2016-17 Ranji Trophy he got his career’s best total of 227. The Bengal’s emerging star was selected for India's ODI series against New Zealand A in 2017 because of his good performances in domestic cricket. Shreevats Goswami also struck a fluent 134-ball 78 in Bengal's quarterfinal win over Odisha in Cuttack in the 2019-20 Ranji Trophy.


IPL Career

Goswami’s Indian Premier League debut for Royal Challengers Bangalore came on May 19, 2008 against Delhi Daredevils. Coming in at middle order of the batting line up, he scored a half century off 42 balls. However, Delhi won the match by 5 wickets. After playing for RCB team in the IPL for first 3 seasons, Goswami moved to KKR for the 4th season. During his stint with the Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL 2011, he only managed a top score of 22 in seven matches. After that he was bought by Rajasthan Royals for the 5th season. Sunrisers Hyderabad later bought Goswami for Rs. 1 crore INR for the 2018 IPL. His auction saw a serious fight between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Hyderabad, giving him an 500% increase in the base price of Rs. 20 lakhs.

Background


Shreevats Goswami belongs to a Bengali Hindu family and he started playing cricket when he was 11 years old.