New Delhi. Indian fast bowler Siddharth Kaul, who recently announced his retirement from cricket, has started the second innings. This former Indian pacer has started going to the office regularly instead of on the cricket pitch. Siddharth himself has given this information. After being away from cricket, he decided to return to State Bank of India. This 34-year-old former fast bowler was associated with SBI since 2017 but due to cricket commitments, he was not able to devote full time. Siddharth was promoted in SBI in the year 2020. He has informed on social media that he has returned to office.
Siddharth Kaul, who remained unsold in the IPL 2025 mega auction, has shared a photo of himself on social media. In this photo, he is sitting inside the car wearing formal dress. Big glasses are visible on his eyes. He wrote in the caption: Office time. Below this photo of Siddharth wearing cream colored shirt and gray pants, State Bank of India is written whose address is Sector 17 Road, Chandigarh, GPO. It can be said that Siddharth is now doing a 9 to 5 job.
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Cricket career lasted for 17 years
Big stars of Indian cricket like MS Dhoni, Yuzvendra Chahal, Harbhajan Singh and Sachin Tendulkar have also done government jobs outside cricket. This protects the future of the players. Especially when he retires from cricket. Now Siddharth Kaul's name has also been added to it. This former pacer from Punjab has taken 297 wickets in 88 first class matches. His domestic career lasted for 17 years. He showed excellent form in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy in the 2023-24 season. He took maximum 16 wickets for Punjab. When his team won this tournament for the first time.
Kaul came into limelight 16 years ago
Siddharth Kaul came into limelight 16 years ago when the Indian team under the captaincy of Virat Kohli won the Under-19 World Cup in 2008. Siddharth Kaul had taken 10 wickets in that World Cup played in Malaysia. After this he had to wait for 10 years to debut in the national team. He got a chance to debut in Team India under the captaincy of MS Dhoni. Siddharth made his debut in T20 International against Ireland. Although his career was short. This fast bowler played international matches from July 2018 to February 2019. His real test came against England where he returned empty handed in two ODIs.
Siddharth Kaul's IPL career
Siddharth Kaul played for Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL in 2017. Then he took 16 wickets. Siddharth also played for Delhi Capitals, Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL. He took 58 wickets in 51 IPL matches. His best bowling is 4 wickets for 29 runs which he took against Rising Pune Supergiants in the year 2017.
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FIRST PUBLISHED : December 4, 2024, 7:16 PM IST
