Who Is Saurabh Tiwari: Former Indian team player Saurabh Tiwari has once again come into discussion. A three-match ODI series will be played between India and South Africa from November 30. The first match of this series is being played in Ranchi. When Virat Kohli reached Ranchi for this match, he was welcomed by Saurabh Tiwari. This warm welcome at Birsa Munda Airport brought back memories of their early cricketing days and showed the old relationship between them.

Tiwari was a part of India’s U-19 World Cup winning team for the first time in 2008 under the leadership of Virat Kohli. Left-handed middle-order batsman Saurabh Tiwari played an important role in making the team the World Cup winner in Malaysia. His tremendous performance at the junior level helped him easily make it into domestic cricket, where he represented Jharkhand for many years.

Started the journey with Mumbai Indians in 2008

After this he got a different identity in the Indian Premier League. He started his IPL journey with Mumbai Indians in 2008 and stayed with Mumbai till 2010. He caught everyone’s attention with his tremendous stroke play. During this time he started being compared to MS Dhoni. He later joined Royal Challengers Bangalore from 2011 to 2013, reuniting with Kohli at the franchise and contributing as a reliable middle-order batsman.

After retirement from top-level cricket, Tiwary moved into administration and is currently the Secretary of the Jharkhand State Cricket Association (JSCA), where he is working to strengthen cricket development in the state. Shahbaz Nadeem also went with him to see him. Who is the treasurer of Jharkhand State Cricket Association. Shahbaz Nadeem made his Test debut under the captaincy of Virat Kohli.

The video of the reunion of old teammates Virat Kohli and Saurabh Tiwari has gone viral, due to which a different excitement was seen among the cricket fans. Saurabh Tiwari, who was away from limelight for some time. Now he is back in the headlines again. The fans were very happy to see Tiwari welcoming Kohli.

India last played an international match in Ranchi last year. The fourth Test between India and England was played in Ranchi in February 2024. But Kohli did not play in that Test match, as he was not available for the entire series due to the birth of his second child Akay.

Virat Kohli’s record against South Africa

Virat Kohli has so far participated in 31 ODI matches against South Africa. In these matches, he scored a total of 1504 runs while playing in 29 innings and his average was 65.39. Kohli has also scored 5 centuries and 8 half-centuries against this team. Talking about his strike rate, it was 85.74.

Complete schedule of ODI series

The first match of the three-match ODI series will be played in Ranchi. The first ODI will be played on 30 November in Ranchi, the second ODI on 3 December in Raipur and the third ODI on 6 December in Visakhapatnam. KL Rahul is the captain of Team India in place of injured Shubman Gill in the ODI series.