Full name Shreevats Pratyush Goswami
Born May 18, 1989, Calcutta (now Kolkata), Bengal
Current age 20 years 267 days
Major teams India Under-19s, Royal Challengers Bangalore
Batting style Left-hand bat
Fielding position Wicketkeeper
| Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-class | 2 | 3 | 0 | 38 | 22 | 12.66 | 82 | 46.34 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| List A | 8 | 8 | 0 | 276 | 74 | 34.50 | 440 | 62.72 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Twenty20 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 186 | 52 | 23.25 | 203 | 91.62 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-class | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| List A | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Twenty20 | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| First-class debut | Madhya Pradesh v Bengal at Gwalior, Nov 10-13, 2008 scorecard |
| Last First-class | Bengal v Services at Kolkata, Nov 16-18, 2008 scorecard |
| List A debut | Bengal v Delhi at Visakhapatnam, Apr 2, 2008 scorecard |
| Last List A | Bengal v Tamil Nadu at Agartala, Mar 9, 2009 scorecard |
| Twenty20 debut | Royal Challengers Bangalore v Delhi Daredevils at Bangalore, May 19, 2008 scorecard |
| Last Twenty20 | Bengal v Orissa at Dhanbad, Oct 23, 2009 scorecard |
A wicketkeeper batsman like his idol Adam Gilchrist, Shreevats Goswami began playing cricket at the age of 11 and has represented his state, Bengal, and country at the Under-19 level. He had a successful U-19 tour of South Africa in 2008 where he scored 104 and 97 in the tri-series played the vital role of opener in India's U-19 World Cup triumph in Malaysia in 2008, scoring a valuable 58 in the semi-final against a testing New Zealand attack. He made his first-class debut later that year and in between, earned an IPL contract with the Royal Challengers Bangalore though he had only limited opportunities in the first two seasons.
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Apr 29, 2009
Shreevats Goswami drives
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Apr 29, 2009
Shreevats Goswami shapes up for a sweep
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Mar 2, 2008
India are ecstatic on capturing the Under-19 World Cup
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