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Ramaswamy Shreyas Gopal (born 4 September 1993) is an Indian cricketer who plays for Karnataka in domestic cricket. He is an all-rounder who bats right-handed, and bowls leg break. He played three ODIs for India Under-19 cricket team in 2011. He had captained Karnataka at various age levels such as Under-13, Under-15, Under-16 and Under-19.
Domestic career
First class
Gopal made his debut for Karnataka in 2013. On 12 February 2014, Gopal picked the first hat-trick in Irani Cup history against Rest of India, which helped Karnataka win the Irani Cup.
In August 2019, he was named in the India Blue team's squad for the 2019–20 Duleep Trophy.
List-A cricket
In October 2018, he was named in India A's squad for the 2018–19 Deodhar Trophy.
Indian Premier League
He was bought by Mumbai Indians in the 2014 IPL auction, where he spent four seasons.
In January 2018, he was bought by the Rajasthan Royals in the 2018 IPL auction. On 30 April 2019, he took a hat-trick against Royal Challengers Bangalore in the 2019 Indian Premier League, which included the wickets of Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers and Marcus Stoinis.
For his performances in the 2019 IPL season, he was named in the Cricinfo IPL XI
Personal life
Shreyas Gopal studied at The Frank Anthony Public School, Bangalore. He completed his engineering from Jain University.
His father Ramaswamy Gopal was a club cricketer for 20 years while his mother Amitha played volleyball at state level.