Who Is Roman Walker? Leicestershire Pacer Who Rattled India's Star-Studded Lineup

Roman Walker bagged prized wickets of Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Hanuma Vihari, Ravindra Jadeja and all-rounder Shardul Thakur on first day of four-day practice match between India and Leicestershire.

Walker starred with ball on first day of four-day practice match between India and Leicestershire.

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New Delhi: Leicestershire pacer Roman Walker rattled the Indian cricket team's star-studded batting line-up with amazing figures of 5 wickets for 24 runs in 11 overs - including the wickets of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma on the first day of the four-day practice match between India and Leicestershire. The 21-year-old, who hasn't even played a single first-class game so far, bagged prized wickets of Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Hanuma Vihari, Ravindra Jadeja and all-rounder Shardul Thakur. For Walker, the first day of this practice match became memorable forever.

Who is Roman Walker?

Walker has not yet made his debut in first-class cricket. He has played only two list matches before Leicestershire's practice match against India and during this he has managed to take just one wicket.

21-year-old Roman Walker, hasn't played a single first-class match has got the wicket of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma in the warm up match.

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Roman Walker has played for Leicestershire in the Vitality Blast, taking a total of 17 wickets in 13 T20 matches. Apart from this, Walker was also part of the England cricket team in the 2018 Under-19 World Cup, although he did not get a chance to play many matches back then.

Talking about the practice match, a total of 60.2 overs were bowled on the first day. India scored 246 runs for the loss of eight wickets. Sreekar Bharat remained unbetan scoring the maximum 70 runs with Mohammed Shami returning not out after scoring 18 runs.