{"id":32965,"date":"2023-09-09T07:00:11","date_gmt":"2023-09-09T01:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/?post_type=story&p=32965"},"modified":"2023-09-12T23:28:57","modified_gmt":"2023-09-12T17:58:57","slug":"saurabh-netravalkar-the-software-engineer-who-bowls-over-the-u-s-cricketing-world","status":"publish","type":"story","link":"https:\/\/old.globalindian.com\/youth\/story\/cover-story\/saurabh-netravalkar-the-software-engineer-who-bowls-over-the-u-s-cricketing-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Saurabh Netravalkar: The software engineer who bowls over the U.S. cricketing world"},"content":{"rendered":"

(September 9, 2023<\/strong>) <\/strong>We seldom come across a successful professional cricketer who has an equally successful career outside the realm of sports. A principal member of technical staff at Oracle, Saurabh Netravalkar is one such rare cricketer. The India-born is an ace sportstar who has has even captained the USA national team<\/a>, representing the United States in international cricket. He juggles his corporate role and also plays for the Washington Freedom<\/a>, an American professional Twenty20 cricket team that competes in the Major League Cricket (MLC).<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s not easy to excel in two very demanding jobs. Saurabh works odd hours on tours and even on his team bus to meet his corporate responsibilities.<\/span>\u00a0A left-arm medium-fast bowler, Saurabh recently won the \u2018Player of the Match\u2019 award in an MLC match with San Francisco Unicorns emerging as the standout performer.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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