NEW DELHI: Mumbai-born Saurabh Netravalkar, who played for the India U-19 team and was part of the squad for the 2010 U-19 Cricket World Cup, moved to the United States for higher education, and pursued a career in computer science and continued playing cricket at a high level.
Netravalkar eventually became the captain of the United States national cricket team, playing a pivotal role in the team’s development on the international stage.
Netravalkar etched his name in history with a spellbinding performance that propelled USA to a stunning victory over former champions Pakistan in Dallas in the recent T20 World Cup.
While defending 18 runs in the Super Over, the cricketer-turned-engineer Netravalkar defied all odds and shattered the expectations of hundreds and thousands of Pakistanis.
All this while, Netravalkar has been balancing his passion for cricket with his profession as a Senior Software Engineer at Oracle.
Now in a video doing the rounds on the internet, Netravalkar explains how he balances his career at Oracle and his passion for cricket during an interview.
When asked how he has the time for both jobs, Netravalkar replies, “Most importantly it’s the love for it, I am passionate about tech and I’m passionate about the sport so, as long you’re passionate about it, it doesn’t seem like work. You love doing it. You just have to find the time to do it and to compartmentalize, you switch on and switch off, do 100% of what you’re doing at that moment of time.”
When asked if is there’s anything that comes from playing cricket that relates to his work in developing algorithms or vice versa, Netravalkar replies, “I think it works both ways, from tech to cricket, the game is evolving to use data like analytics a lot for strategies and stuff so, knowing how analysis works it helps me know where to look for and those patterns might be a key change-maker between a win and a loss, for the margins are really low in these tough competitive games and same in my tech world, from sports I learn how to handle failure, learn how to bounce back and try to work passionately towards what I want.”
Netravalkar eventually became the captain of the United States national cricket team, playing a pivotal role in the team’s development on the international stage.
Netravalkar etched his name in history with a spellbinding performance that propelled USA to a stunning victory over former champions Pakistan in Dallas in the recent T20 World Cup.
While defending 18 runs in the Super Over, the cricketer-turned-engineer Netravalkar defied all odds and shattered the expectations of hundreds and thousands of Pakistanis.
All this while, Netravalkar has been balancing his passion for cricket with his profession as a Senior Software Engineer at Oracle.
Now in a video doing the rounds on the internet, Netravalkar explains how he balances his career at Oracle and his passion for cricket during an interview.
When asked how he has the time for both jobs, Netravalkar replies, “Most importantly it’s the love for it, I am passionate about tech and I’m passionate about the sport so, as long you’re passionate about it, it doesn’t seem like work. You love doing it. You just have to find the time to do it and to compartmentalize, you switch on and switch off, do 100% of what you’re doing at that moment of time.”
When asked if is there’s anything that comes from playing cricket that relates to his work in developing algorithms or vice versa, Netravalkar replies, “I think it works both ways, from tech to cricket, the game is evolving to use data like analytics a lot for strategies and stuff so, knowing how analysis works it helps me know where to look for and those patterns might be a key change-maker between a win and a loss, for the margins are really low in these tough competitive games and same in my tech world, from sports I learn how to handle failure, learn how to bounce back and try to work passionately towards what I want.”
As a left-arm medium-fast bowler, Netravalkar’s ability to swing the ball and his disciplined line and length have made him a key asset for the US cricket team. His career trajectory is an interesting mix of academic success and international cricketing achievements.
