Vicky Ostwal IPL Profile

Vicky Ostwal is an Indian cricketer, who plays for Maharashtra in domestic cricket. Ostwal, who was born on September 1, 2002 in Pune, Maharashtra. is a right-handed batter and bowls left-arm slow orthodox. 

Vicky Ostwal excelled in domestic cricket at a young age and soon got the opportunity to play internationally. Vicky Ostwal was selected for the India U-19 B squad for the U-2 Triangular Series against Bangladesh U-19, India U-19 A, and India U-19 B. Notably, Vicky was a part of India's U19 World Cup-winning team in 2022. 

With 12 wickets in six games, including a five-wicket haul against South Africa, he was the tournament's top wicket-taker for India. Due to his consistency, the youngster was also named to the ICC's Most Valuable Team of the event. 

The youngster, who idolises Ravindra Jadeja, made his domestic debut in all three forms for Maharashtra soon after in the same year. He made his First Class debut on February 2022 in the match of Vidarbha vs Maharashtra in Sultanpur. Ostwal since then featured in five FC matches, taking eight wickets by giving runs at an economy of 3.14.

Vicky made his T20 debut in the same season in October 2022 against Meghalaya in Mohali. He has only had the opportunity to participate in 4 T20 cricket games since then, taking four wickets while maintaining a commendable economy rate of 4.35. A few days later, he made his List A debut on November 2022 against Mizoram in Ranchi. 

His brilliant bowling display during India U19's triumphant World Cup 2022 helped him earn a spot in the Delhi Capitals squad in the TATA IPL 2022 at his base price. However, he didn't get any chance to play in the event but was retained for the subsequent season. He remained unused in 2023 as well as Capitals finished a disappointing ninth in the league stages.