Saurabh Netravalkar: USA cricket champion and Oracle software engineer

The United States edged cricket heavyweight Pakistan on Thursday in a Super Over tiebreaker for one of the biggest upsets ever at a Twenty20 World Cup.
And one of their star players is Saurabh Netravalkar, a 32-year-old San Mateo software engineer at Oracle.
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[@ameyarocks]

Full time soft ware engineer and part time cricketer from India , settled in USA, defeats India's arch rival in cricket at the T20 world cup . This is every Desi parents dream child. 🤣🤣🤣

[@erick5171]

❤❤❤❤😂😂😂✌️✌️✌️✌️💪💪💪💪💪💪🇮🇳🚩

[@lalitarajora5188]

He played under 19 world cup for India in 2010

[@amey1680]

Bro😂❤️

[@ameyarocks]

@@amey1680 bro👉

[@Anonymous-lu7xr]

Most of the USA cricket team members are Indians. Because local American public are not even interested in cricket. Indian migrants are playing cricket for USA thinking that it will get them green card 🤣

[@deepworld7]

Thanks to Pakistan for promoting cricket in the USA

[@icant_thinkbetter]

😂😂😂

[@amoghvastrad3352]

😂😂😂

[@prashanthb6521]

🤣

[@TheIndianOutcast]

😂😂😂

[@funtime12345]

😂😂😂

[@abhishekmahanta1112]

Programming + Music + Cricket = Absolute Indian 😎🇮🇳🇮🇳

[@adeelahmed9470]

Lols😅 now a days cricket is totally fake

[@vigsna]

​@@adeelahmed9470But hurt 🤕🤢 porki

[@naviryzen7935]

​@@adeelahmed9470 just because your team fu**ed up hahahah. This is real cricket actually with pitches that support bowlers otherwise in t20 leagues they make all flat pitches. A batsman who can score faster in these conditions is a real cricketer

[@ritzkashyap8288]

​@@adeelahmed9470Sour grapes Adeel, sour grapes. 😌

[@jitulsarma1388]

Fr​@Souvik-fi8sh

[@expensiveone4692]

Finally media talking about USA cricket otherwise it was waste of winning against big teams

[@udaya11]

I hope the americans understand what an achievement by American team this is. To put it into context, its like a south asian basketball team beating LA Lakers in the biggest stage of them all, thats how big this is.

[@muhmisaiye647]

Stop with this overexaggeration,the us team is literally a mixture of players from top cricketing nations and on top of that all the investments made into the us team in the past few years due to icc and some other entity's desire to grow the game in the country. This is nothing compared to ire defeating pak itself back in 07 or ned defeating eng.

[@parabdeeps331]

Comparing pak with la Lakers 🤐🤐

[@imacarguy4065]

​@@parabdeeps331Pak is a good team that's out of form right now.

[@imacarguy4065]

​@@muhmisaiye647Disagree with this to a degree. Because all of those players are seen as B class or C class players. Not A class. Which is why they ended up in America in the first place. So it is commendable.

[@muhmisaiye647]

@@imacarguy4065 definitiely commendable, but the upset is not as big as people are making it out to be, those players still had access to first class development programs from the beginning of their career, and the usa is known for having the best sports facilities in the world hence their cricketers have access to top-notch training facilities and support system and not to mention the million of dollars spent into the us cricket development by icc and the private entities in the past few years. Compare all that to what had ire had when they upset pak or what ban had when they upset pak in the 99 world cup.

[@user-hd6ey3uc9z]

What a beautiful message from his company ❤️ and will definitely boost his spirit even more. 😊

[@sumeetkumarbordoloi4512]

That'll not be necessary now​@Souvik-fi8sh

[@xavier6956]

Engineer by day, Batman by night😎

[@hokavistark7671]

Haha

[@AHH84489]

😂😂😂

[@lahatenem2215]

kind of like when the usa math team beat Chinese math team😂

[@lit332]

😂😂

[@prakashtiwari8003]

Exactly 😂😂

[@jeevankikahaniya6339]

Because USA math team had expat Indian

[@Nuke.n]

​@@jeevankikahaniya6339That team had Chinese Americans playing against China

[@unknown2723]

Thats not maths team which is popular in social media, its Olympiad chemistry team(banner in back says icho short form of International Chemistry Olympiad) . Same goes to olympiad maths team for usa and Canada, most of their parents or them born in east asian. South asian or Europeans white mostly couldn't compete well in those tournaments cause they learn later most things under their culture while east asia has 12h normal school time per a day. U need to be under 20 age to compete olympiad maths team. That why most populated country in world india hardly get any full mark That why when it comes to innovations mostly its from eu or japan (just check nobel prize in physics or chemistry). Where is sk or china top compete countries with usa in olympiad maths

[@pradeepbaurai5671]

1:13 that's a good bowling action

[@b18smoke14]

True it was smooth and satisfying 😅

[@KB-zx1gh]

He played U19 World Cup for India in 2010 😅 ​@@b18smoke14

[@xavier6956]

Kinda similar to Brett lee's

[@619ry7]

Breet lee

[@allcaps3584]

A few years back, Netravalkar was a part of under-19 Indian Cricket team, that lost to Pakistan. This win must have been special for him.

[@sanj1981]

He's the best at his Oracle job, he's a Cornell grad with a gpa of 4.0, and he's USA"s best player by upsetting one of the best cricket teams. He's unbelievable

[@Anlonnmusic]

14 years ago, he played in indian u19 team that beaten by Pakistan in 2010, and after 14 years now he took revenge from Pakistan as an Usa cricket star!!!

[@utube9404]

Indian cricket players created USA team :P n defeated pakistan. India vs Pak cricket rivalry is insane lol

[@THOMAS_SHELBY434]

One more thing. He is a tech professional and play cricket as a part time. He is a semi professional player but still he beat the professional Pakistan team.😂😂

[@reubenashok937]

@@THOMAS_SHELBY434he played u-19 world cup for india. Him being a semi pro doesnt make sense at all

[@THOMAS_SHELBY434]

@@reubenashok937 playing u-19 is not a big deal. He wasn't as professional as Pakistan team. Pakistan have best resource ever compared to US.

[@SylvesrerSam]

Pakistanis don't even like cricket

[@SylvesrerSam]

​@@THOMAS_SHELBY434most Pakistanis think cricket is boring

[@DemonArshan]

Netravalker was also part of 2010 under 19 India World Cup.

[@sassythesasquatch4425]

Oracle: ok get the sponsors ready, we going to fund the team

[@nsn5564]

Amazing job, Saurabh!! Love from Pune!

[@EvilKicksMoney]

Congratulations usa ❤

[@user-zk5md7gm9k]

When a part-time cricketer is better than professional player

[@mouli4867]

He played in under 19 World Cup for India. He learnt the sport professionally.

[@marvelanddcfan1101]

​@@mouli4867 still he is working in oracle and is a part time cricketer after u19

[@rizonrahat199]

Well done... Love from Bangladesh

[@reg4026]

1 bail out package delivered to Pakistan.

[@freedom3040]

Oracle should celebrate and give him some time off so that he can manage his job along with cricket. He is doing it for USA. Help him with what they can.

[@EvilKicksMoney]

Cricket is the greatest most entertaining sport in the world ❤

[@anthonybrahma6721]

No, Football is the greatest sport in the world

[@justsimplethings01]

I feel Football is the best sport when it comes to actually playing it. But if you are talking about watching a sport, i would say field hockey is the most interesting one.

[@rebelxyz2077]

​@@anthonybrahma6721those who don't know about cricket, they think football is best.😂😂 Indians know both cricket and football. Yet they prefer cricket. Because cricket is best❤❤❤

[@anthonybrahma6721]

@@rebelxyz2077 iam from northeast India, Assam. I don't know how to play a cricket. What is cricket?

[@rebelxyz2077]

@@anthonybrahma6721 you take rice bag. That's enough😆😂😂

[@SP.05]

CRICKET is sn INDIAN GAME accidently invented by the British

[@marathiboi96]

south asian, Just look at the countries that love it most. India, Sri lanka, Afganistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal and more to come

[@striker44]

Indian subcontinent game...

[@sithumrajitha9969]

​@@marathiboi96sri lanka cant play cricket now

[@Anonymous-lu7xr]

It was inspired by gilli danda only which is an Indian game

[@marathiboi96]

@@Anonymous-lu7xr No dude, It's actually derived from german farmers playing with a Wood club and stones, Which progressed into this

[@letmeknnow4902]

Sports & sportsman growing ❤

[@k.009]

This is actually a World Cup & not just namesake world cup. Countries are playing against Countries & not states or county's against each other. You guys have just beaten a 2 times former world champions. Congratulations 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🎉🎉🎉

[@ekoramaradhyahm8549]

Indian are everywhere ❤❤❤

[@adybose]

As an Indian, we don't understand how cricket is not a sport in America

[@satish2183]

Indians always rocks🎉🎉

[@TheTrippleTKA]

USA cricket found the most perfect icon/ambassador for the game. Netravalkar is such a cool American Dream story. If you don't care for cricket, you can still root for him. I hope he has a good world up run! Another performance against India would seal the deal!

[@marathiboi96]

Marathi boy playing for USA, Wow

[@user-ye7uu8yf4r]

Indian Saurabh Netravalkar cricket bowl

[@Aishwaryaa-vs3hw]

Mumbai's Marathi Mulga rocking it in the US ! Shabbash

[@Annie_R18]

Majja aali.... Pakistan chi dhulaai keli 😜 Marathi porga rock solid 💪

[@Project_coccon]

Jai Maharashtra 🇮🇳🚩

[@user-rf8po3ku5k]

He played under 19 world cup for India in 2010

[@saurabh1627kondkar]

usa team itself is an ipl team with 7 Indians and 4overseas players...

[@bapi8816]

NXT HIGH VOLTAGE GAME BETWEEN INDIA🇮🇳 V PAKISTAN IN NY ON SUNDAY 💥💥💥😱😱🥶🥶

[@shaktiashishus]

He has PATENT too.. and created a very high end App for cricketers..

[@ipl2023-fu5gh]

❤ from india

[@princejacob25]

Wow ORACLE , excellent place to work then

[@Vladimirprotein01]

H1B team😂

[@012bejugamomnivasguptha2]

😂

[@Anonymous-lu7xr]

Tech support cricket team

[@jasy2489]

He is citizen

[@MS-vk9ph]

@@jasy2489it’s a joke because of the heavy accent

[@srjshapthnktl4978]

Still exuberant over this win as an Indian and will be for my whole life. A landmark statement to the people of Pakistan and to terrorists as to what life is and who an Indian is. May every child in Pakistan aspire to be something in this gift of life. Also love how sports helps relationships.

[@Starlink502]

It's billions not millions 😅

[@pankajgusain6312]

my worst nightmare would be if his mom and my mom were friends.

[@rathnammaraman1669]

Never seen a hard hitting software engineer before!!😃

[@lajjashankarpandey]

"Naughty America" nobody nobody does it better

[@SeachGateINDIA]

He is from Mumbai City, India 🇮🇳

[@soudipsanyal]

This guy simply raised the bar for all Indian men

[@bapi8816]

Waiting for INDIA V USA🇺🇲🇮🇳💥💥💥

[@abhikul123]

America, we thank you for bringing people closer. ❤❤

[@LV-ei1ce]

Oracle performance review better be high for all the PR he brought them

[@nelanmartinnag6038]

May Annual Bilateral Series of T20 & ODI be fixed between National Cricket Teams of USA & India for the rapid progress of American Cricket.

[@rahulsawant8859]

Marathi manus❤🥳

[@Sachkiawaj999]

Good coverage 👌

[@user-ch2fm6kr6j]

Way to work two jobs. Way to win the championship in cricket world sports. Congratulations.

[@ranjanmondal2785]

Like a ipl team 2 from usa 1 from canada(indian origin) , 1 from pak, 1 from nz, 1 from sa, and 5 from India

[@BusyBeaver731]

He is the 'Sharma ji ka ladka' our parents talked about

[@user-dg6rb8np1t]

America is also our indians second mother land. Jai Hind.

[@AstroRVe]

😂lmao

[@msdadsfsx]

canada also

[@superwarrior6299]

Trust me mate. This comment of yours won't give you green card.

[@amaykucchash5598]

Ah..typical pajeet😅😅😅

[@richasingh0507]

USA team might be a new team, but players are experienced and skilled. One one should take them lightly.

[@djpunk3962]

Cricket is awesome 👍

[@UTKRISTHnirvanaPartha]

Well played USA

[@sakthimurugan29216]

SAURABH NETRAVALKAR

[@user-uk3kn5dz9w]

"In the US, you are given opportunities, unlike in India where nepotism and bureaucratic corruption primarily determine the team selection."

[@mohane2306]

What do you expect from 60 years of Congress rule

[@-abhi]

india is no 1 team in t20,odi,test Learn something, there is difference between cricket administration and players 😂

[@user-uk3kn5dz9w]

@@-abhi thats why they lost back to back icc finals ..yes they are ONE of the best ....but you cannot ignore backdoor corruption ,money makers and lack of accountability , that's why Your court has to step in for the administration of BCCI and 2 teams banned in IPL for brief period..

[@Vinod_DeshBhakat]

Pakistan has two father now 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@massiah1298]

Surprisingly almost 90% of the USA cricket team are of Indian origion.. 😆

[@rupeshkundale5183]

जय महाराष्ट्र भाऊ

[@Annie_R18]

Saurabh la manapasun shubhechha 🥸 Mumbai cha mulga Pakistan la bhari 🤪

[@Clklom]

❤❤❤ cricket ❤❤❤ mumbaikar❤❤❤

[@user-si7ji8ov3q]

Cricket>Baseball

[@LimIT_28]

They say USA national team We say INDIA B team 🤭

[@abhijitkalita6938]

😂🤣.

[@GTtwothousand]

It is the USA national team. They are Americans who chose to represent America. Their win is not yours

[@LimIT_28]

@@GTtwothousand like we need theirs😂 Don't be offended treat is just like a joke vs Pakistan You'll see the difference on 12th june

[@GTtwothousand]

@@LimIT_28 and so that gives you the right to discredit their win..?

[@LimIT_28]

@@GTtwothousand are you and idiot Usa's win will be counted as the biggest upsets in history 🤌🏾

[@americanminotaur2518]

There is nothing Americans love more than an underdog! A major upset like the USA Vs PAK match will do wonders for the sport in the USA. :D

[@vhysics]

We've all along seen top US brands sponsor sports teams and athletes around the world. Team USA is sponsored by an Indian brand! Congratulations Amul - the taste of India.

[@milwac]

So basically Pakistani national team lost to a bunch of software engineers.

[@4amv]

They're making a movie about it rn

[@zytrik1]

I feel like lots of those players aren’t home-grown 😮

[@virajdoshi]

The Americans should now realise that cricket will be unstoppable and they should accept it whole heartedly instead of labelling it as "british sport played more by south asians" and foolishly comparing it with baseball - both can exist

[@vikrantsingh3780]

Usa team ❌ india C team✅

[@nomad4273]

Want to see non Indian origin players in US coming to cricket. Then only we can say cricket is gaining popularity in the US. 😊

[@KalpanaSingh-tv2yr]

That won't happen Cricket is a subcontinent sport. Not a global sport.

[@ChristopherMurray-kp5to]

Go usa❤

[@muhmisaiye647]

The main reason why this upset is getting this much hype is icc's desperation to enter cricket into the american market, if this sport even gain a little popularity in the us then we can consider the american cricket board to be the second richest board, that is how strong the american market is and icc knows that very well hence their desperation.

[@Anantsaharan]

Right, Hence the power.

[@prithub.c7173]

USA cricket is pitch champion not a cricket champion.

[@nickythakur2512]

I can not belive it bruh

[@yashwantgarud8967]

please give full time contract to the players so that they don’t have to work

[@mdrumonmiarumon9457]

Cricket fan followers 2.8 Billion in the world

[@mukundgaur6699]

I think it was Jones who won the match for me

[@prasadkulkarni975]

Don't worry he will be selected for IPL

[@balkrishvalaerobon5049]

USA were all out on 35 playing against Nepal in World League 2 . Netravalkar , Kenjige , Jones , Patels and Ali Khan were present on that game too . Though progress of USA has been outstanding and I believe they will be through to the Super 8s .

[@harshshree4354]

USA GOT LUCKY ON THAT DAY 😡WHAT IS THEIR TO CELEBRATE ?

[@MohanRaj-vp1zt]

Never underestimate people on h1b 😅

[@ashwinpawar5325]

One of the best teams in the world lost against a bunch of engineers!

[@ranjanmondal2785]

I think all the citizens of usa belong from the cricket playing nations like India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, sri lanka, Afghanistan, nepal, new Zealand, Australia, England, South Africa need to help spread cricket in usa

[@smartbaba1321]

B team of India ❌ H1B team of India ✅ 😂😂😂😂😂

[@Asmodeus406]

Just like the world wars😅😂😂

[@user-rf8po3ku5k]

behind every successful man, there's a woman" "Behind every Pakistani CW loss, there's an Indian"

[@mohammadali-rp5ds]

Some friends country should come up and give chance USA to present in world tournaments this will only possible if India is beaten and Australia is also beaten by USA.

[@charlesdarwin5185]

About time the USA had good news for its people to come together. We all had enough of these protests that has divided us

[@abn6322]

🇮🇳 ❤🇺🇸

[@mhawk1292]

Indian Team a very hard challenge similar to Aus . Wish you Good luck but m sorry we will beat you for sure 😂❤

[@priyanksavaliya7254]

Wait where is Usa team or it's H1B visa team 😂😂😂

[@rishibhatt9595]

If he is on h1b, does he need work authorization to play cricket.🤔

[@Anonymous-lu7xr]

In USA no one gives a two shit about something called cricket the only reason an h1b migrant got chance to play the game because the game itself holds zero value in American market. Had it been a popular sport for them like NBA he wouldn't have gotten chance

[@LV-ei1ce]

Team H1B lez go

[@youaregoingtolovethis]

Cricket vs grasshopper.