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World Cup 2023: Netherlands made food delivery boy Lokesh Kumar a net bowler, his fortunes changed overnight.

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Working as Swiggy Food Delivery Executive in Chennai Lokesh Kumar Its fortunes changed within a few hours. This 29 year old player has been invited by Netherlands for the cricket tournament to be held in India. world cup Selected as a net bowler for. Netherlands Cricket has also confirmed this on social media. Lokesh will join the team camp before the World Cup and will help the Netherlands batsmen prepare against spin in the nets.

Lokesh Kumar has been doing food delivery since 2018.

Lokesh Kumar has been working as a food delivery executive since 2018. He was selected as one of the four net bowlers by the Dutch team on Tuesday. A few days ago, Netherlands Cricket had put out an advertisement on social media, in which it needed Indian net bowlers for the ODI World Cup practice to be held in India. Lokesh, a left-arm fast bowler turned chinaman, was selected by the Netherlands management after assessing around 10,000 bowlers from India.

The most precious moment of my career

They had sent their entries by uploading videos on a mobile application. Talking about his selection, Lokesh told Times of India, ‘This is one of the most precious moments of my career. I have not even played in the TNCA Third Division League yet. I played in the fifth division for four years and I have registered for fourth division outfit Indian Oil (RO) S&RC for the current season. After being selected by Netherlands as a net bowler, I feel that my talent has finally been recognised.

Netherlands welcomed with open heart

Lokesh further said, ‘The members of the Netherlands team welcomed me with open heart. The players told us, ‘Work without hesitation, this is your team. I already feel like I am part of the Dutch family. Lokesh said that he is confident that he will make space for the camp. Lokesh told that after seeing the advertisement, I was eager to try it. I felt that I would have an edge over others because there are not many Chinaman bowlers in the country. Netherlands was looking for a mystery spinner. So I decided to apply for it.

Working helped in becoming a cricketer

Lokesh said that working as a food delivery executive is indirectly helping him develop as a cricketer. He said that after college days, my entire focus was on cricket. I spent four years on cricket. In 2018 I decided to do a job. I have been with Swiggy for the last four years. I earn money only by delivering food, I have no other source of income. Working hours are flexible and I can take leave whenever I want.

Full schedule of World Cup

  • 5 October – England vs New Zealand – Ahmedabad

  • 6 October – Pakistan vs Netherlands – Hyderabad

  • 7 October – Bangladesh vs Afghanistan – Dharamsala

  • 7 October – South Africa vs Sri Lanka – Delhi

  • 8 October – India vs Australia – Chennai

  • 9 October – New Zealand vs Netherlands – Hyderabad

  • 10 October – England vs Bangladesh – Dharamsala

  • 10 October – Pakistan vs Sri Lanka – Hyderabad

  • 11 October – India vs Afghanistan – Delhi

  • 12 October – Australia vs South Africa – Lucknow

  • 13 October – New Zealand vs Bangladesh – Chennai

  • 14 October – India vs Pakistan – Ahmedabad

  • 15 October – England vs Afghanistan – Delhi

  • 16 October – Australia vs Sri Lanka – Lucknow

  • 17 October – South Africa vs Netherlands – Dharamshala

  • 18 October – New Zealand vs Afghanistan – Chennai

  • 19 October – India vs Bangladesh – Pune

  • 20 October – Australia vs Pakistan – Bengaluru

  • 21 October – England vs South Africa – Mumbai

  • 21 October – Netherlands vs Sri Lanka – Lucknow

  • 22 October – India vs New Zealand – Dharamshala

  • 23 October – Pakistan vs Afghanistan – Chennai

  • 24 October – South Africa vs Bangladesh – Mumbai

  • 25 October – Australia vs Netherlands – Delhi

  • 26 October – England vs Sri Lanka – Bengaluru

  • 27 October – Pakistan vs South Africa – Chennai

  • 28 October – Netherlands vs Bangladesh – Kolkata

  • 28 October – Australia vs New Zealand – Dharamshala

  • 29 October – India vs England – Lucknow

  • 30 October – Afghanistan vs Sri Lanka – Pune

  • 31 October – Pakistan vs Bangladesh – Kolkata

  • 1 November – New Zealand vs South Africa – Pune

  • 2 November – India vs Sri Lanka – Mumbai

  • 3 November – Netherlands vs Afghanistan – Lucknow

  • 4 November – England vs Australia – Ahmedabad

  • 4 November – New Zealand vs Pakistan – Bengaluru

  • 5 November – India vs South Africa – Kolkata

  • 6 November – Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka – Delhi

  • 7 November – Australia vs Afghanistan – Mumbai

  • 8 November – England vs Netherlands – Pune

  • 9 November – New Zealand vs Sri Lanka – Bengaluru

  • 10 November – South Africa vs Afghanistan – Ahmedabad

  • 11 November – England vs Pakistan – Kolkata

  • 11 November – Australia vs Bangladesh – Pune

  • 12 November – India vs Netherlands – Bengaluru

  • 15 November – Semi Final 1 – Mumbai

  • 16 November – Semi Final 2 – Kolkata

  • 19 November – Final – Ahmedabad

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