Shreevats Goswami
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Shreevats Goswami (Bengali: শ্রীবৎস গোস্বামী) (born 18 May 1989) is an Indian cricketer. he is a left-handed batsman and wicketkeeper. He was born to a Bengali Hindu family in Kolkata, West Bengal . His father’s name is Pratyush Goswami. He started playing cricket at the age of 11. He played domestic cricket for Under-19 Bengal . During the Under-19 tri-nation series in South Africa in January, 2008, he scored 97 against South Africa and 104 against Bangladesh . In the 2008 U/19 Cricket World Cup in Malaysia, he scored 58 runs in one of the league matches and 51 in the semi-final against New Zealand.
Goswami has played for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the first three seasons of the Indian Premier League. In 4th edition of IPL, Goswami was kept in the uncapped player pool and was signed by the Kolkata Knight Riders. In 5th edition of IPL, he moved to the Rajasthan Royals.