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Deepak Hooda Birthday: Indian team’s star all-rounder Deepak Hooda is celebrating his 31st birthday today on 19th April. There was once a big controversy regarding Deepak Hooda and Krunal Pandya. After which it seemed that Hooda’s career was over. However, after this, Hooda controlled himself and made a comeback in the Indian team.

Deepak Hooda was born on April 19, 1995 in Rohtak, Haryana. Deepak had a special love for cricket since the beginning, although basic facilities for this game were not available in Haryana. This was the reason why Deepak left Haryana and shifted to Baroda. Due to his consistently strong performance, Deepak played his first match in domestic cricket for Baroda in 2014. Deepak was successful in leaving his mark in the very first match and he scored a century in this match played against Bengal. Along with this, he also took 3 wickets in bowling.

Deepak impressed in domestic cricket

Deepak was successful in impressing everyone with his performance in domestic cricket. Irfan and Yusuf Pathan also helped Deepak a lot in establishing his foothold in the world of cricket. Deepak was rewarded for his excellent performance in domestic cricket and he was bought by Rajasthan Royals for IPL 2015 for Rs 40 lakh.

Deepak had a dispute with Krunal in 2021

Deepak Hooda’s career was going great and he was continuously climbing the stairs of success. Then in the year 2021, something happened, which shook Deepak to the core. Just before the start of the Syed Mushtaq Ali tournament, Deepak had a fight with Baroda captain Krunal Pandya. Deepak also accused Krunal of ending his cricket career and left the team’s bio-bubble.

Baroda Cricket took action against Deepak and suspended him for the entire season. Deepak was devastated by this incident and he considered his international career over even before it started. In this difficult time, Deepak once again got the support of Irfan and Yusuf Pathan, who encouraged him and brought him back on the field.

Debut against West Indies in 2022

Deepak joined Rajasthan in domestic cricket and never looked back. Deepak was rewarded for his consistently excellent performance in domestic cricket and he got a call from the Indian team in the year 2022. Deepak made his ODI debut on 6 February 2022 against West Indies. At the same time, in the same month, he also got a chance to start his T20 International career against Sri Lanka.

Deepak’s international career

Deepak has so far scored 153 runs at an average of 25 in the 10 ODI matches played by India. Whereas, in T20 International, Deepak has scored 368 runs in 17 innings playing at a strike rate of 147. Deepak is one of those Indian batsmen who have scored a century in the shortest format of cricket. Deepak has also taken 9 wickets in ODI and T20 together.

‘What if I have fallen, I will get up and walk again, even from ashes I will emerge as fire. It is not my nature to break, I have to unite after disintegrating. This time we have to fly higher than the sky.’ These lines fit perfectly on Indian team batsman Deepak Hooda.