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Mukesh Kumar

Mukesh Kumar

India | Bowler

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Full Name Mukesh Kumar
Born October 12, 1993
Birth Place Bihar
Nationality Indian
Age 32 Y 234 Days
Height 6 ft (182 cm)
Batting Style Right handed
Bowling Style Right arm Medium
Playing Role Bowler
Jersey Number 18
Debut October 30 - November 02, 2015

Family

Wife: Divya Singh

Mukesh Kumar Player Profile

Mukesh Kumar is an Indian right-arm medium pace bowler who made his debut for India in all three formats in 2023. His journey to the top is nothing short of remarkable. He started out playing tennis-ball cricket in Bihar and even faced health issues like anaemia and bone edema in his knees. After moving to Bengal in 2014, he worked hard on his fitness and bowling skills. Soon he became a key part of Bengal’s pace attack. Mukesh got his first India call-up even before playing a single IPL match. He now plays for Delhi Capitals in the IPL, where he has become a reliable death bowler known for his accurate yorkers.

Teams

India
Mohun Bagan
Bengal
Delhi Capitals
Sobisco Smashers Malda

Mukesh Kumar Career Stats

Bowling
Format Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 4w 5w 10w
Tests 3 6 284 179 7 2/0 4/56 25.57 3.78 40.5 0 0 0
ODIs 6 6 234 217 5 3/30 3/30 43.40 5.56 46.8 0 0 0
T20Is 17 17 324 487 20 4/22 4/22 24.35 9.01 16.2 1 0 0
FC 57 104 10002 4899 221 6/32 10/50 22.16 2.93 45.2 12 10 1
List A 42 42 1941 1704 54 5/59 5/59 31.55 5.26 35.9 2 1 0
T20s 81 81 1639 2506 84 4/22 4/22 29.83 9.17 19.5 2 0 0
Batting & Fielding
Format Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100s 50s 4s 6s Ct
Tests 3 4 3 0 0* 0.00 6 0.00 0 0 0 0 0
ODIs 6 2 1 10 6 10.00 16 62.50 0 0 2 0 1
T20Is 17 4 3 5 4* 5.00 5 100.00 0 0 1 0 2
FC 57 70 38 257 28 8.03 563 45.64 0 0 36 1 7
List A 42 17 11 75 16 12.50 102 73.52 0 0 10 2 8
T20s 81 17 14 20 6* 6.66 34 58.82 0 0 1 0 24
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Debut / Last Matches

Test Matches
Debut West Indies vs India at Port of Spain - July 20 - 24, 2023
ODI Matches
Debut West Indies vs India at Bridgetown - July 27, 2023
T20I Matches
Debut West Indies vs India at Tarouba - August 03, 2023
FC Matches
Debut Haryana vs Bengal at Rohtak - October 30 - November 02, 2015
List A Matches
Debut Bengal vs UP at Rajkot - December 13, 2015
T20 Matches
Debut Bengal vs Gujarat at Nagpur - January 06, 2016

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FAQs

Mukesh Kumar is a right-arm medium pace bowler. He is known for his ability to swing the ball and bowl accurate yorkers at the end of an innings.

He plays for Delhi Capitals (DC). The team picked him for Rs 5.5 crore in the 2023 auction and later used their Right to Match (RTM) card to keep him for the 2025 and 2026 seasons.

He made his debut for India in 2023. What makes this special is that he played his first Test, ODI, and T20I match all within just 14 days. No other Indian player has done this so quickly.

His story is one of hard work and never giving up. He moved from Bihar to Bengal in 2014 as a tennis-ball cricketer. Doctors said he had anaemia and bone edema in his knees. But with proper training, diet, and sleep, he got stronger and became a regular for Bengal in the Ranji Trophy.

His first IPL season in 2023 was modest. But he bounced back strongly in 2024, taking 17 wickets in 10 matches. He was Delhi Capitals' joint-highest wicket-taker that year and earned a reputation as a death bowling specialist.

He was born on October 12, 1993, which makes him 32 years old.