Rahul Verma (actor)

Rahul Verma
Born (1996-06-04) 4 June 1996
Himachal Pradesh, India
Nationality Indian
Occupation Cricketer, Actor
Years active 2014- present
Religion Hindu

Rahul Verma (born 4 June 1996) is an Indian actor and Indian former cricketer, who turned actor. Rahul has played Under-19s national cricket for Delhi along with India national under-19 cricket team Captain Ishan Kishan [1] and Delhi Cricketer Rishabh Pant. Rahul left cricket after a major injury and after that shifting to Mumbai, Rahul started his acting career with the movie Sarrainodu with stylish Allu Arjun.[2][3]

Biography

Rahul Verma was born on 4 june 1996 in Himachal Pradesh village of sirmaur district in a Hindi speaking family. Rahul cleared his Secondary School Certificate from Himachal Pradesh. Rahul Verma is the first cricketer from Himachal Pradesh to selected for Delhi under 19 or (DDCA) Delhi & District Cricket Association. Rahul began his career playing for Sehwag cricket Academy at delhi , and delhi cricket club making his debut in the Under-19s national cricket for delhi in 2014 cricket season. His performances earned him a place of India national under-19 cricket team.

Rahul Verma began playing cricket at the age of 17. He played for delhi as a batsman. He made his debut for delhi Under-19 in 2014, and scoring 145 and 92 in his two interstate matches.[4] He scored 289 runs in 5 innings with a top-score of 157. He added two further fifties in the season. After scoring 456 runs in six matches, he was promoted to the Under-19s national cricket.

Rahul had a grand start to the tour of 2014-15. In the first match at Mohali , Assam put 354 on the board and Rahul scored a Career Best 252. Rahul hit 25 fours and 7 sixes to bring up his first Double Century. Rahul continued his terrific form in the second match against Bihar at delhi where he scored 147 from 281 balls with 16 fours and 2 sixes. In the second innings, he scored another century. In 2016, he got injured in the first warm up match of U-19 CWC against Bangladesh national under-19 cricket team.

Early life and Career

Rahul was born into a Hindu Rajpoot family in Himachal Pradesh. He did his schooling from Himachal Pradesh Board of School Education Dharamshala and completed higher education from LR Group of Institute and Himachal Pradesh University.

Rahul began his career as a cricketer. During his school days, he represented Sehwag Cricket Academy and being a top scorer at tournaments. He was also the captain of Delhi U-19 Cricket team. In 2015, he was selected for the Under-19s national cricket for Delhi. Later he left cricket after a major back injury.

In 2016, He got selected after audition and portrayed the role of ajay in Telugu movie Sarrainodu.[5][6] Sarrainodu is Telugu language action-masala film written and directed by Boyapati Srinu. Produced by Allu Aravind under Geetha Arts banner. He portrayed alongside an ensemble cast including Allu Arjun, Rakul Preet Singh [7] and Catherine Tresa.[8] Rahul Verma and Disha Patani appear in supporting roles with Pradeep Rawat and other artists.[9] [10] Srikanth and Rahul Verma are playing strong supporting roles while Aadhi is the antagonist in the film. [11]

Filmography

Films

Year Film Role Language Notes Release Dates
2016 Sarrainodu Ajay Telugu Debut Telugu Film 2016
2016 Total Dhamaal TBA Hindi Debut Hindi Film Post-Production

References

  1. ↑ http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc-under-19-world-cup-2016/content/story/954021.html
  2. ↑ "Rahul Verma in Sarrainodu"
  3. ↑ "Rahul Verma Debut in Allu Arjun Sarrainodu (Sarainodu) 2016 Telugu Movie"
  4. ↑ "Rahul Verma Smashing 145 and 92 in debut innings U19 CWC 2015"
  5. ↑ "Sarrainodu to release on April 22"
  6. ↑ "Rahul Verma are among the other cast of the movie for which cinematography is handled by Rishi Punjabi"
  7. ↑ "Rakul Preet Singh and Rahul Verma doing a great work in sarrainodu"
  8. ↑ http://boxofficetotalcollection.in/sarrainodu-movie-star-cast-story-wiki-release-date/
  9. ↑ "Rahul Verma and Disha Patani appear in supporting roles"
  10. ↑ "Sarainodu Cast and Crew". NBC40 . 21 April 2016.
  11. ↑ "Rahul Verma are playing strong supporting roles while Aadhi is the antagonist in the film". CatchNews. 24 April 2016.

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