Deepak Hooda Biography 
Deepak Hooda’s full name is Deepak Jagbir Hooda. He is an Indian cricketer known for his association with IPL Twenty 20 matches. Earlier played with Rajasthan Royals, he is currently associated with Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL 2016 edition. Hooda is known as an all-rounder for his team. He is a right-hand batsman who also serves as right-arm off break bowler for his team. He made his first class debut in the year 2014 and since then has played some noted innings in the domestic cricket and IPL games. He is nicknamed "Hurricane" for his ability to change games in no time. He plays domestic cricket for team Baroda.
Deepak Jagbir Hooda was born on 19 April 1995. He hails from Rohtak, Haryana. He plays domestic matches for Baroda cricket team and is associated with IPL since 2014. He played for Rajasthan Royals for 2014 and 2015 seasons and in 2016 edition of IPL, he is associated with Sunrisers Hyderabad. He has been a team member of Under-19 Indian team and got opportunity to play at the 2014 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup. Following the tournament he was signed by Rajasthan Royals. He made a half century in his second match for Rajasthan Royals in the IPL season 2014 for which he was awarded ‘man of the Match’. He also bowled four overs giving just 20 runs in the same match, though couldn’t get any wickets.
In the 2015 edition of IPL, he scored 151 runs in 14 matches at a strike-rate of 158.94. In the 2016 edition, he was picked up by Sunrisers Hyderabad for an astounding Rs 4.2 crores. Known as all-rounder cricketer he is also known to be an agile fielder. He received cricket coaching from Sanjiv Sawant who refers him to be a very accurate bowler. Hooda is the second Baroda player after Snehal Parikh to score a century on first-class debut.
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Updated: May 16, 2016
