Ravi Bishnoi

Lore & Background

Bishnoi was born and raised in a Bishnoi family in the Birami village of Jodhpur, Rajasthan. Due to the lack of cricket culture and facilities in West Rajasthan, he, along with his friends and with the help of two coaches, Pradyot Singh Rathore and Shahrukh Pathan, built a cricket academy named Spartans Cricket Academy where they themselves did all the masonry work owing to financial difficulties so that he could train. He was snubbed for the U-16 trials once and for the U-19 trial twice by the selectors before his coaches asked them to give him another chance and finally got selected for the U-19 Rajasthan squad. In March 2018, he was called up by Rajasthan Royals as a net bowler.

Reader's Guide

Bishnoi made his Twenty20 debut for Rajasthan in the 2018–19 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy on 21 February 2019. He made his List A debut on 27 September 2019, for Rajasthan in the 2019–20 Vijay Hazare Trophy. In October 2019, he was named in India A's squad for the 2019–20 Deodhar Trophy. In December 2019, in the 2020 IPL auction, he was bought by Kings XI Punjab ahead of the 2020 Indian Premier League. On 20 September 2020, Bishnoi made his IPL debut against Delhi Capitals and picked up Rishabh Pant as his maiden wicket and finished with the bowling figures 1/22 in four overs, but ended up on the losing team. He finished the season with 12 wickets and was nominated for the Emerging Player award. In February 2022, Bishnoi was drafted in by the new franchise Lucknow Super Giants ahead of the 2022 Indian Premier League tournament.

Did You Know?

• Bishnoi made his IPL debut in 2020 for Kings XI Punjab, not in 2022.
• He took four wickets without conceding a run in an Under-19 World Cup match against Japan in January 2020.
• Bishnoi received his T20I cap no. 95 on 16 February 2022 and his ODI cap no. 255 on 6 October 2022.