IPL 2017: Rising Pune Supergiant (RPS) has a real gem in their hands in the form of Rahul Tripathi. The Ranchi-born batsman is another one of the successful IPL stories and has really grabbed the opportunity this year with both hands. The batsman scored a beautiful 52-ball 93 to win the game for his team.
Here are ten facts about the batsman that will make you respect him more:
Tripathi is a real fighter and did not give up despite not making the squad for the inter-state and inter-zonal T20 tournaments. Even without finding a spot for the Maharashtra squad in the Vijay Hazare trophy, he has carried on and proved his worth.
Though born in Ranchi, Tripathi represented Maharashtra and was based in Pune. He is the first Pune-based player to play for a Pune franchise. Maybe knowing his home conditions a little more has helped him play the big knocks better than ever.
Tripathi’s father is Colonel Ajay Tripathi, a veteran who was part of the Indian Army. Tripathi took up the sport seriously post his father’s transfer from Srinagar to Pune.
He has achieved the feat of scoring six sixes in an over, not once but twice in a local tournament in Pune.
Tripathi also holds a B.Sc degree in Mathematics and is extremely good with numbers. His father has also claimed that Tripathi’s lowest score ever was 98 in maths.
Tripathi gets his cricketing genes from his father who used to play for UP in his junior days and even represented his university team.
Though an explosive opening batsman now, Rahul Tripathi was known to be a batsman who could stay at the crease for long periods. How things have changed now.
Tripathi would have not featured in the IPL and was only purchased in the last round of auctions for the franchise at a price of Rs.10 Lakh.
In the 2009-10 Cooch-Behar Trophy, he scored the most runs for Maharashtra and was named in the Cricketing XI of the team.
He made his first class debut against the Baroda team back in 2012 but only managed one more game before being dropped. Two years later, he smashed 500 runs and took the Maharashtra team to the semi-finals.
