New Delhi: Former India cricketer Vinay Kumar’s birthday is today i.e. on February 12. This year he is celebrating his 38th birthday (Vinay Kumar Birthday). He was born on this day in the year 1984 in Davangere, Karnataka. His father used to be an auto rickshaw driver. His early education was done in a government school, later he attended A.R.Z. Received Bachelor of Commerce degree in Arts and Commerce College. Vinay Kumar’s full name is Ranganath Vinay Kumar.
Vinay’s childhood dream was to become a cricketer. He saw this dream at the age of 13, but his family was financially weak, however, his family united day and night to fulfill his son’s dream. Along with this, Vinay Kumar also worked hard to fulfill his dream. As a result, he joined the Indian team at the age of 26. Where he played T20, ODI, Test all three formats for India.
Vinay Kumar is a right arm medium fast bowler. He plays domestic cricket for Karnataka. For the first time in the Indian Premier League, he played for Bangalore Royal Challengers from 2008 to 2010, then he played for Kochi Tuskers Kerala in 2011. Later he again played for Bangalore Royal Challengers in the year 2012. He was soon rewarded for Vinay’s good performance.
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In 2010, he joined the Indian team for the T20 World Cup to be held in the West Indies. In the World Cup, he also got a chance to play a match against Sri Lanka. Vinay Kumar got a lot of success in Ranji Trophy as captain and he made Karnataka champions in 2013-14 and 2014-15. Apart from this, he also won the Vijay Hazare Trophy title for Karnataka twice under his captaincy.
Vinay Kumar showed Jauhar with the ball as well as with the bat. He played 139 international matches in his career in first-class cricket, where he took 504 wickets. In these, his best performance of taking eight wickets for 32 runs is. At the same time, he has also done 26 times in first-class cricket, taking five or more wickets. At the same time, he has also taken ten or more wickets 5 times. His best performance in this format has been five wickets for 34 runs. Whereas in 181 T20 matches, Vinay Kumar has hunted 194 batsmen.
Vinay Kumar retired from all forms of cricket on 26 February 2021. The 37-year-old from Karnataka played active cricket for 25 years. The right-arm medium pacer got a chance to play alongside cricketers like Sachin Tendulkar, Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Virat Kohli. Vinay got a chance to debut under Dhoni’s captaincy in the year 2010, after which he showed a great performance. After which he was called the best bowler of Indian domestic cricket.