Abhishek Paradkar: Age, Career Stats, 4/26 and Teams

A three-country development route

Paradkar's place of birth is San Diego, California, but his cricket education cannot be described through one domestic system. Contemporary reporting around his first USA call-up says that he moved to India after being born in the United States and represented Hyderabad at under-16 level. That background matters because it placed him in organised age-group cricket before he returned to the American pathway. It also explains why older databases attach several regional and development teams to his name even though his senior international identity is the United States. The consistent details across Washington Freedom, ICC-linked records and major statistical profiles are his full name, 8 November 2000 birth date, left-handed batting and left-arm medium bowling.

His next documented step was the Leeds-Bradford university cricket programme in England. A programme interview describes him as both a USA international and a Leeds-Bradford UCCE player, while Lancashire match reporting records an unbeaten 50 for the university side in a 2023 second-team friendly. That innings sits outside his ODI and T20I totals but shows batting experience beyond a specialist tail-end role.

Recovery before the senior breakthrough

Washington Freedom's biography records a significant interruption when Paradkar was 17: a foot injury suffered during a club game. The available public account does not provide a clinical diagnosis, rehabilitation timetable or independent medical detail, so none is added here. What can be stated safely is that he returned to competitive cricket and advanced into the USA selection picture. That comeback is a more meaningful achievement than a generic description such as promising talent because it links a documented setback with later selection and performance without inventing private medical information.

By 2021, the pathway had become more visible. Minor League Cricket's roster material placed him with Silicon Valley Strikers, and the league's own explanation describes MiLC as a national development competition designed to expose domestic players to USA selectors and professional scouts. The structure is relevant to Paradkar's story: it supplied regular T20 cricket across a nationwide competition rather than a one-off trial. His progress through that system also shows why a player can have meaningful domestic experience before accumulating a large international match count.

Fourteen wickets in the 2021 Minor League season

Paradkar's 2021 Minor League Cricket campaign supplied the performance that pushed his name beyond roster lists. Cricbuzz reported 14 wickets in nine matches for Silicon Valley Strikers at an economy rate of 6.5. A Minor League Cricket playoff preview described him as a young national-team bowler supporting Saurabh Netravalkar and Pranay Suri in the attack. The retrieved record supports the figures and playoff role without relying on inconsistent award labels.

The timing is important. USA were preparing to resume international cricket after a long interruption, and selectors chose several uncapped players for the Oman tour. Reporting on that squad identified Paradkar among the new faces and connected his USA, Hyderabad and Leeds-Bradford background. His MiLC returns did not guarantee a permanent international place, but they made the progression understandable: a young left-arm seamer produced an economical nine-match domestic run, entered a national squad and then received an ODI debut.

A four-wicket haul on ODI debut

Paradkar made his One Day International debut for the United States against Papua New Guinea at Al Amerat on 9 September 2021. USA posted 271 for nine, led by Jaskaran Malhotra's unbeaten 173, before dismissing Papua New Guinea for 137. USA won by 134 runs. Paradkar took 4 for 26 from nine overs, including two maidens, and removed four of the final six batters. The two maidens also show that his contribution was not limited to wickets: only 26 runs came from his 54 deliveries.

The result and the bowling achievement belong together: 4 for 26 remains his best ODI return and his only four-wicket haul in the six-match snapshot. He also scored two from four balls. Malhotra was Player of the Match for the record century, while Paradkar's debut spell helped complete USA's 2-0 series win.

What the six-match ODI record shows

Across six ODIs, Paradkar has nine wickets from 222 balls at an average of 26.89 and an economy rate of 6.54. He took four wickets across his two appearances in 2021, four more across two matches in 2023 and one across two matches in 2024. The match-level record includes 3 for 78 against Zimbabwe in June 2023 and 1 for 33 against the Netherlands in August 2024. Those figures show both his wicket-taking capacity and the small sample involved. Six matches spread across three years are not enough to present a smooth form curve or make a reliable claim about his long-term international ceiling.

His ODI batting record is secondary but should not be erased. He scored 51 runs from five innings, was not out once and reached a highest score of 24 against Zimbabwe. The overall average is 12.75 and the strike rate 63.75, with one recorded catch in the field. These numbers support Washington Freedom's primary classification of bowler more clearly than a batting-all-rounder label. They also show why the page lists every discipline in the statistics panel: even a specialist bowler can contribute lower-order runs, and a complete profile should state those contributions without turning them into a claim of batting prominence.

Three wickets on T20I debut

Paradkar's T20 International debut came against the United Arab Emirates at Windhoek on 30 September 2024. USA made 175 for nine and won by 15 runs, with Paradkar taking 3 for 24 from four overs. The spell included Muhammad Farooq's wicket in the final over and remains his best T20I return.

Paradkar played four T20Is during the Namibia tri-series. His remaining bowling returns were 1 for 28 against Namibia, 0 for 18 against UAE and no bowling innings in the last listed game against Namibia. The completed four-match record is four wickets from 54 balls at 17.50, an economy rate of 7.78 and a strike rate of 13.50. He also scored 16 runs from two innings, including an unbeaten 10 from eight balls in the second meeting with UAE. Those are exact record figures, not projections; no current ranking or future-selection claim is attached to them.

Washington Freedom selection and MLC debut

Washington Freedom added Paradkar through the domestic-player draft before the 2025 Major League Cricket season. The franchise's season preview described the signing as an addition to its left-arm seam resources, and a separate feature named him among the domestic players to watch while noting his nine ODI and four T20I wickets. He was entering a squad coached by Ricky Ponting and containing established international bowlers, so selection in the squad did not automatically mean a place in every XI. That is why the profile keeps squad membership, appearances and international statistics as separate facts.

His MLC debut came against Seattle Orcas at Oakland Coliseum in June 2025. Seattle made 145 for nine and Washington chased the target in 13.3 overs to win by five wickets. Paradkar bowled three overs for 32 runs and dismissed Sikandar Raza with the final ball, caught by Rachin Ravindra. The scorecard also records two wides and no no-ball across his 18 deliveries. The debut therefore supplied both a wicket and a completed team win. That one-match MLC 2025 line is 1 for 32; it is kept separate from later squad retention and cannot be expanded into a full-season aggregate.

Retained for the 2026 Washington squad

Washington Freedom retained Paradkar among nine domestic players for the completed 2026 season and listed him in the full squad. Retention confirms his place in the season group, but no appearance or bowling total is added without a scorecard naming him in the playing XI.

Washington reached the 2026 final after finishing the league stage with six wins from ten matches. Paradkar's inclusion in the domestic bowling group belongs to that team context, but the franchise's season outcome is not an individual appearance. His current MLC playing line therefore remains the one confirmed 2025 match, while the 2026 entry records squad retention only.

Paradkar's international record covers six ODIs and four T20Is, while his MLC playing record contains one confirmed 2025 appearance. The two debut spells are important because they produced immediate wickets, but the small match count does not establish a long-term selection trend.

Squad membership and playing appearances are also different records. His 2026 Washington retention is current team evidence; the 1 for 32 belongs specifically to his 2025 debut scorecard. Keeping those scopes separate prevents an unplayed season from adding runs, wickets or matches.

The ODI and T20I tables also answer different questions. ODI figures come from six matches spread across 2021, 2023 and 2024, while all four T20Is came during the 2024 Namibia tri-series. Combining them would hide the different ball limits, match phases and selection periods. The separated tables let readers compare wickets, economy and strike rate within the right format.

Three years separated Paradkar's two international debuts. In the ODI against Papua New Guinea he could build a nine-over spell, concede only 26 and use two maidens while USA defended a large total. Against UAE in the T20I, his work was compressed into four overs during a 15-run defence. Both produced three or more wickets, but the innings length and tactical demands were different.

The matches after those debuts add necessary scale. His remaining five ODIs contributed five wickets, including 3 for 78 against Zimbabwe and 1 for 33 against the Netherlands. His next three T20Is produced one further wicket after the opening 3 for 24. That distribution explains why the debut spells lead his record while the complete tables still show every match rather than presenting the best figures as typical returns.

Paradkar's batting figures add another boundary to the role description. He has 51 ODI runs from five innings, with a high score of 24, and 16 T20I runs from two innings. Those totals show lower-order contributions rather than evidence for a specialist batting role. Washington's bowler classification therefore matches both the workload and the available output.

The fielding and delivery counts help complete the same picture. His ODI row contains 222 balls and one catch, while the T20I row contains 54 balls. The MLC debut adds 18 deliveries but belongs to franchise cricket, not the international aggregates. Reading the raw ball counts beside wickets prevents a one-match highlight from replacing the full workload.

Selection dates also matter when interpreting freshness. Paradkar's last listed ODI and T20I appearances came in 2024, his confirmed MLC match came in 2025, and Washington retained him for 2026. The sequence shows continued franchise association after his most recent international caps, but it does not prove a later USA appearance or a 2026 MLC playing role.