Praveen Kumar

Praveenkumar Sakat Singh or Praveen Kumar (born 2 October 1986 in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India) is an Indian cricketer. In first class cricket, he plays for Uttar Pradesh. He is a right-arm medium pace bowler who relies on his ability to swing the ball both ways along with line and length over speed. Because of his ability to swing the ball, he is most effective when given the new ball. Kumar is alsoPraveen almost jeopardized his international career by signing with the rebel Indian Cricket League, however decided at the last minute to finish his season with Uttar Pradesh. With his impressive figures in domestic cricket and successful stints with India A, Kumar made his One-day International debut in the fifth one-day international against Pakistan on 18 November 2007[1]. He bowled his full quota of ten overs, conceding 50 runs without taking a wicket before going on to score 12 runs in a match India lost by 31 runs in Jaipur. Praveen went wicketless in his second ODI too. However, he produced a great spell of 4 for 31 in his third ODI thus helping India beat Sri Lanka on 26 February 2008.

In the second final of the series on 4 March 2008, he took 4 wickets for 46 runs against Australia, and was declared Man of the Match. considered Although he was not part of the player auction, Praveen played for Royal Challengers Bangalore in BCCI's Indian Premier League in the inaugural Twenty20 cricket tournament. His services were bought for 300,000.00 USD. Because of his age, Kumar was counted towards Bangalore's U-23 quota. He bowled well for Bangalore, even though the team did not reach the semi finals.

He became the first bowler to claim a hat-trick in IPL3. He took the wickets of Damein Martyn, Narwal and Dogra to reach his hat-trick in Bangalore, Chinnaswamy Stadium. The match was against Rajasthan Royals on 18-March-2010as a pinch hitter with the bat. In domestic cricket, he has also opened the batting for his side.