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.
Thank you for the overwhelming response to our net bowlers hunt, India. Here the 4 names who will be part of the team’s #CWC23 preparations. @ludimos pic.twitter.com/arLmtzICYH
— CricketNetherlands (@KNCBCricket) September 19, 2023
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
