India leg-spinner Ravi Bishnoi has decided to move on from Rajasthan and join the Gujarat team ahead of the upcoming 2023/24 season of Indian domestic cricket.
On Monday, Bishnoi posted a story on his Instagram account, wearing the Gujarat practice jersey with the association logo and captioned the post with ‘new beginning’.
Pradyot Singh Rathore, Bishnoi’s coach alongside Shahrukh Pathan at the Spartans Cricket Academy in his hometown Jodhpur, said to IANS, “Yes I know, he will be playing for them (Gujarat) now.”
IANS also reached out to Bishnoi, the Rajasthan as well as Gujarat Cricket Associations for further information. At the time of publishing the story, it is still awaiting those responses.
Bishnoi has featured in 10 T20Is since his debut in February 2022, picking 16 wickets at an economy rate of 7.08. He also has one scalp from a solitary ODI appearance against South Africa at Lucknow last year.
The Jodhpur-based leg-spinner claimed 16 wickets for Lucknow Super Giants in IPL 2023, as the side reached the playoffs for second straight time before crashing out of the competition by losing to Mumbai Indians in the eliminator in Chennai.
File Image: Ravi Bishnoi
photo: BCCI
Ravi Bishnoi after receiving his debut cap
photo: BCCI
Bishnoi first shot into limelight by being a part of the India U19 team becoming runners-up in 2020 Men’s Cricket World Cup, after losing to Bangladesh in the final, where he finished as the leading wicket-taker with 17 scalps.
Though Bishnoi has made regular appearances for Rajasthan in white-ball games in domestic matches, he played just one first-class match for the side in last season’s Ranji Trophy.
For the upcoming domestic season, Gujarat will be coached by former India spinner Ramesh Powar, who was also the head coach of the national women’s team.
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