Nehal Wadhera is an Indian cricketer who has represented Punjab in many domestic competitions. He has represented India under-19 team at international level. He plays for Mumbai Indians in the 2023 IPL season and is known as a power batsman.
Wiki/Biography
Nehal Wadhera was born on Monday, September 4, 2000, in Ludhiana, Punjab, India (22 years old; as of 2022). His zodiac sign is Virgo. He started playing sports at the age of eight and started cricket training at the age of nine under coach Charanjit Bhangu, and later at the Ludhiana District Cricket Association stadium. Stadium under the guidance of coach Harjinder Singh. He studied at Sacred Heart Convent School, Sarabha Nagar, Ludhiana till class 10 and studied at BCM Arya Model Sr. Sec. Standard schools for grades 11 and 12. He graduated from Satish Chander Dhawan Government College, Ludhiana, Punjab.
Nehal Vadra’s childhood
appearance
Height (approximately): 5′ 9″
Weight (approximately): 70kg
Hair color: black
Eye color: black
Body measurements (approximately): Chest 40″, Waist 32″, Biceps 13″
family
He was born into a middle-class family.
Parents and siblings
His father, Kamal Wadhera, is an industrialist. His mother’s name was Gurpreet Wadhera, and she supported him during his first days. He has a sister named Rhythm Wadhera.
Nehal Wadhera (far right) and his family
wife and children
He is unmarried.
Relationships/Affairs
He is single.
Profession
domestic
He started playing cricket for the Punjab Under-16 team in the 2015-16 season and later represented the Punjab Under-19 team in the Vijay Merchant Trophy and the Cooch Behar Trophy, scoring 529 runs in the Cooch Trophy in the 2017-18 season, The average score is 44.08 points. Behar Trophy.
Nehal Wadhera during Punjab U-16 match
He represented Ludhiana Under-23 in the Inter-District Championship against Bathinda Under-23 and scored 578 runs off 414 balls with a strike rate of 139 including 42 fours and 37 sixes. ball and subsequently he received a cash reward of Rs 51,000.
Nehal Wadhera won the award with a score of 578
He made his Ranji debut for Punjab against Gujarat on January 3, 2023 and scored his maiden century with a score of 123 runs. He scored 214 runs against Madhya Pradesh in the 2022-23 Ranji season and scored his maiden double century.
Nehal Wadhera celebrates his maiden century
International
Indian youth under 19 years old
He made his debut for the India Under-19 team against Sri Lanka on 17 July 2018 and scored 82 runs. He later played for the India U-19 A team and the India U-19 Green team.
Nehal Wadhera during India Under-19 match
Indian Premier League (IPL)
Nehal Wadhera was acquired by Mumbai Indians (MI) for a base price of Rs 20 lakh in the 2023 IPL season auction in December 2022. He made his IPL debut on 2 April 2023 against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and scored 21 runs off 13 balls, including an out six.
At the age of 22, in his first game with MI’s big three in the dugout, the kid hit a wicket in this IPL.
Nehal Vadra is so talented. pic.twitter.com/wKisjarHmh
——Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) April 2, 2023
Later, he scored quick and useful runs whenever MI were in trouble, including when MI scored 59 runs for 5 wickets against Gujarat Titans (GT) in 21 balls scored 40 runs while MI scored 64 runs in 51 balls, while he made his maiden T20 half-century scoring 14 runs for 3 wickets against Chennai Super Kings (CSK).
Nehal Wadhera scores his half-century in IPL debut against CSK
Facts/Trivia
- His batting style is left-arm and his bowling style is right-arm leg break.
Nehal Wadhera bowls during practice
- He is the third Ludhiana cricketer to play for India at any level after Yashpal Sharma of the 1983 World Cup winning team and senior player Gagandeep Singh ball player.
- He is the third cricketer from Ludhiana to feature in the IPL; the first two are Karan Goel and Love Ablish.
- He was also affectionately known as Yuvraj Singh Newman as his coach saw shades of Yuvraj Singh in his batting.
- During an IPL match against Gujarat Titans, he got into a scuffle with Arjun Tendulkar as he did not want to take the order; however, Arjun forced him to run away. Many criticized Nehal’s attitude.
- He holds the records for fastest 200 runs, fastest 300 runs, fastest 400 runs and fastest 500 runs scored in an innings in cricket (not first-class or domestic cricket).
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