Andhra Premier League, 2025

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Born
Aug 20, 1998 (26 years)
Birth Place
Bhavnagar
Role
Bowler
Batting Style
Left hand Bat
Bowling Style
Left Arm Medium Fast
Matches
Innings
Runs
Highest Score
Not Out
Strike Rate
50's
100's
200's
Average
Balls
300's
4's
6's
Ducks
Matches
Innings
Wickets
Balls
Runs
Overs
Economy
Maidens
BBI
4W
5W
10W
Hattricks
Average
Strike Rate
India, Kolkata Knight Riders, Saurashtra, Delhi Capitals, Rajasthan Royals, Rest of India, Saurashtra Under-19s
India, KKR, Saurashtra, DC, RR, Rest of Ind, Saur U19
Sakariya hails from a village called Vartej located 15 km from Bhavnagar in the state of Gujarat. Sheldon Jackson, a senior player in the Saurashtra team, bought him a new shoe and helped him train. Only then did Sakariya get the chance to go to the MRF Pace Foundation.
Sakariya's brother committed suicide when he was playing Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2021. Sakariya was very close to his brother and keeping this in mind, Rajasthan Royals gifted him a jersey which has initials of his late brother 'R.K' imprinted on it.
Sakariya made his List A debut for Saurashtra in the 2017–18 Vijay Hazare Trophy on 22 February 2018. He made his first-class debut for Saurashtra in the 2018–19 Ranji Trophy on 20 November 2018,[6] taking a five-wicket haul in the first innings.He made his Twenty20 debut for Saurashtra in the 2018–19 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy on 21 February 2019. In February 2021, Sakariya was bought by the Rajasthan Royals for 1.2 crores in the IPL auction ahead of the 2021 Indian Premier League.
In June 2021, Sakariya was named in India's One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International (T20I) squads for their series against Sri Lanka.He made his ODI debut on 23 July 2021, for India against Sri Lanka. His maiden international wicket was Bhanuka Rajapaksa, and he finished with figures of 2 for 38. He made his T20I debut on 28 July 2021, for India against Sri Lanka.
In February 2022, he was bought by the Delhi Capitals in the auction for the 2022 Indian Premier League tournament..