Making his first-class debut on the age of 19 towards Kerala in 2012-13, Bharat got here into the limelight a few years later in 2015 when he set a file within the Ranji Trophy changing into the primary Indian wicket-keeper batsman to notch up a triple hundred within the nation’s premier first-class event. Opening the innings, Bharat amassed a colossal 308 off simply 311 deliveries for Andhra Pradesh towards Goa in Ongole in February, 2015.
His skill to attain rapidly and get a big a part of his runs in boundaries landed him a contract of INR 10 lakh with the Delhi Daredevils within the Indian Premier League (IPL) in 2015.
Bharat aggregated a whopping 758 runs in 9 matches within the 2014-15 Ranji Trophy. He registered yet another hundred (aside from his file triple) and two fifties and has been a constant scorer for Andhra within the prestigious event. His different standout hundred got here towards Vidarbha within the 2019-20 Ranji Trophy in Vijayawada. Batting at quantity 5, he scored an unbeaten 102 within the second innings to save lots of the match for his staff.
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Bharat has been on the fringes of the senior staff for the previous few years now. He was a part of the India Blue squad for the 2018-19 Duleep Trophy and was added to India’s Test squad for the second Test towards Bangladesh – once more as a canopy for Saha – in November 2019. He additionally discovered himself within the Indian ODI squad for the house collection towards Australia in January 2020 after Rishabh Pant had suffered a concussion.
Bharat has a good file in List A cricket with 1351 runs in 51 matches at a mean of 28.14 and strike fee of just about 70 with three tons of however his finest returns have been within the longer format. He produced a scintillating 142 off simply 139 deliveries – with 11 fours and eight sixes – towards the England Lions in Wayanad in an unofficial Test in February 2019.
He was one of many 5 standby gamers in India’s Test squad for the house collection towards England in early 2021. Bharat was bought by the Royal Challengers Bangalore for INR 20 lacs within the auctions in February this yr.
Bharat is broadly thought of as among the best keepers within the home circuit for his agility and abilities behind the stumps.
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