Digvijay Deshmukh is an Indian cricketer who plays for Maharashtra. He represented Mumbai Indians in the 2020 Indian Premier League (IPL).
Wiki/Biography
Digvijay Deshmukh was born on Sunday, April 12, 1998 (age 22 in 2020) in Ambajogai, Beed district, Maharashtra. His star sign is Aries. His family moved to Mumbai to provide Digvijay with better cricket training facilities and enrolled him in the MIG Cricket Club Academy in Mumbai. Digvijay studied at Kataria High School in Pune.
appearance
Height (approx.): 6′
Hair color: Black
Eye color: Black
Digvijay Singh and Mumbai Indians bowling coach Zaheer Khan
family
His father Rajkumar Deshmukh is a school teacher and his mother Shobha Deshmukh is a housewife. He also has an elder sister Darshana Deshmukh.
Old photo of Digvijay Deshmukh at age 14 with his mother and sister
Profession
Digvijay Singh started his career as an all-rounder and played his first T20 match for Maharashtra in the 2019-20 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy on 12 November 2019. He played 7 matches that season and performed well all-round, taking 9 wickets and scoring 256 runs.
Digvijay Deshmukh during the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2019-20
He played his first Ranji Trophy match for Maharashtra against Jammu and Kashmir on 17 December 2018. In that match, he took 6 wickets and scored 61 runs. His career took a leap forward when he was bought by Mumbai Indians for INR 20 lakhs to play in the 2020 Indian Premier League.
Actress Career
Besides being a professional cricketer, Deshmukh has also tried his hand at acting. He acted in the Bollywood film Kai Po Che (2013), in which he played the role of a talented child cricket player “Ali Hashmi” coached by Sushant Singh Rajput’s character in the film.
Facts/Trivia
- Deshmukh was just 15 years old when the shooting of the film Kai Po Che was completed in 2012 and he had promised Sushant Singh that he would not meet him until Singh became a good cricketer. However, in June 2020, the actor was found dead at home under suspicious circumstances, which he regretted. Talking about the incident, he said,
He loves cricket. On the last day of the shoot, I promised him that I would not meet him until I became a decent cricketer. This year, when I was selected to play for Mumbai Indians, I decided to meet him but then the lockdown happened and now he is no longer with us. I wish there was no lockdown, at least then I would have been able to fulfil my promise to him. I was not able to do that. I wanted to keep my promise. I regret it.”
Stills from Kai Po Che, Digvijay Deshmukh Ali and Sushant Singh Rajput together
- After his role in Kai Po Che, Digvijay was approached by several companies to act in television commercials; however, he turned down all the offers as he wanted to focus only on cricket.
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