Swapnil Singh: Everyone is well aware of how popular the game of cricket is in India. Many players have changed their fortunes through their performance in this game. At the same time, there have been some players who, even after struggling for years, said goodbye to the game just in search of an opportunity. Similar is the story of Swapnil Singh, who is playing for Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL 2024.

However, he had even planned to quit cricket before getting a chance at RCB this season, but then his luck changed. He is also getting continuous opportunities to play in the current season. RCB has posted a video of Swapnil Singh on its official X account, in which he started crying while talking about his cricket journey.

Swapnil Singh has a special connection with Virat Kohli

The 33-year-old all-rounder started his cricket career at the age of 14 by playing for Baroda. After this, at the age of 19, he was also a part of India's Under-19 team with Virat Kohli. He was also Kohli's room partner on a tour. Very few people would know that Swapnil was first bought by Mumbai Indians in the IPL in 2008. There, this player made MS Dhoni his first victim.

Talking about his journey, Swapnil said, 'In the first set of mini auctions for IPL 2024, I remained unsold and because of this I had made up my mind to quit cricket after playing for the next one more year. But when I was bought by RCB, it was a very emotional moment for my family and myself. I thought that I might not get to play even a single match this season, but I was playing the team's practice session like a match, for which God gave me the reward.

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Swapnil Singh's performance in IPL 2024

In IPL 2024, Swapnil Singh played 6 matches for RCB, in which he took 6 wickets at an average of 19. During this period, he has spent runs at an economy of 8.77. Apart from this, he has also scored 28 runs in batting.