Milind Kumar

Milind Kumar (born 15 February 1991) is an Indian-born cricketer who currently plays for the United States national cricket team. Before moving to America he played for Delhi, Sikkim, and Tripura in top-level Indian domestic cricket and for Brothers Union in Bangladesh. He is a right-handed batsman and an occasional off-break bowler.

Milind Kumar

Personal information
Born	(1991-02-15) 15 February 1991 (age 34) Delhi, New Delhi, India
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm off-break
Role	Batsman
International information
National side	United States
ODI debut (cap 43)	13 August 2024 v Canada
Last ODI	27 October 2024 v Nepal
T20I debut (cap 33)	7 April 2024 v Canada
Last T20I	20 October 2024 v Nepal
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2009/10–2017/18	Delhi
2016	Brothers Union
2018/19	Sikkim
2019/20–2020/21	Tripura
2024-present	Texas Super Kings
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA Matches 10 12 46 75 Runs scored 364 172 2,988 2,387 Batting average 52.00 24.57 46.68 44.20 100s/50s 1/2 0/0 9/15 2/20 Top score 155* 43* 261 155* Balls bowled 212 84 2,342 850 Wickets 8 6 33 20 Bowling average 19.50 20.16 37.06 37.90 5 wickets in innings 0 1 1 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0 Best bowling 2/15 5/16 5/42 2/7 Catches/stumpings 5/– 4/– 30/– 27/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 5 November 2024

Early life

Milind Kumar was born on 15 February 1991 in Delhi, India to Suman Kumar, a banker.^[1][2] Before moving to the United States, he worked for the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation.^[1]

Domestic career

He was bought by Delhi Daredevils in the IPL Season 7 Auction for INR 10 Lakh. He was bought by Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL12 (2019) at his base price 20 lakhs.

Ahead of the 2018–19 Ranji Trophy, he was drafted from Delhi to Sikkim.^[3] he was the top scorer in 2018–19 Ranji Trophy with 1331 runs.^[4] In December 2018, he was bought by the Royal Challengers Bangalore in the player auction for the 2019 Indian Premier League.^[5][6]

In August 2019, he was named in the India Green team's squad for the 2019–20 Duleep Trophy.^[7][8] Later the same month, he left Sikkim cricket team ahead of the 2019–20 Ranji Trophy tournament.^[9] He was released by the Royal Challengers Bangalore ahead of the 2020 IPL auction.^[10]

In June 2021, he was selected to take part in the Minor League Cricket tournament in the United States following the players' draft.^[11]

In June 2023, Kumar was drafted in Round 4 by the Texas Super Kings to play in the inaugural season of Major League Cricket.^[12]

International career

In March 2024, he was named in the United States' squad for their Twenty20 International (T20I) series against Canada.^[13] He made his T20I debut for USA on 7 April 2024, against Canada.^[14]