Who is Mukul Choudhary: Even before Mukul Choudhary was born, his father had decided that his son would become a cricketer, the story of the 21-year-old new IPL superstar.

Kolkata: Lucknow Supergiants won a match in IPL 2026 on the night of April 9, where its defeat seemed certain. Kolkata Knight Riders were heading towards an easy win at home. Lucknow’s score was 128/7, when 21 year old Mukul Chaudhary came to the crease. Lucknow won by scoring 78 runs in 43 balls in a match that seemed impossible by hitting seven sixes. Now the whole world is talking about him. Let us know who is this rising star of Lucknow, where does he come from and how much money did Lucknow bet on him in the auction?

Mukul is an attacking wicket-keeping batsman
Mukul Chaudhary is an aggressive batsman as well as a great wicketkeeper. He has been the captain of Rajasthan Under-17 team. While playing at Under-19 level in the year 2023, he made a place in Rajasthan’s Ranji team. Became the captain of the Under-23 team in 2024 and was selected in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy on the basis of his excellent performance. Where Rajasthan scored runs at a strike rate of 200 against strong teams like Delhi and Mumbai.

Mukul is living his father’s dream
Mukul’s father Dilip Chaudhary, a resident of Khedra ki Dhani of Gudha Gaudji in Jhunjhunu district of Rajasthan, is associated with the hotel business. There was no arrangement for cricket training in Jhunjhunu, so father Dilip came to Sikar with Mukul in the year 2015 and took a rented room and got his son admitted in the cricket academy here. Mukul, who scored 70-75 percent marks in 10th and 12th, was rarely able to go to school due to cricket practice and now has not been able to even appear in college exams for four years. The family wanted Mukul to prepare for the army or any government job and become a big officer, but the father’s dream was that his son should become a cricketer. Today Mukul made his father proud.