Paul Chandrashekar Valthaty (Telugu: పాల్ చంద్రశేకర్ వలతాటి; born December 7, 1983, Mumbai) is an Indian cricketer who currently plays for Kings XI Punjab in the Indian Premier League. He hails from the state of Andhra Pradesh from a Telugu Christian family. He was a student at Don Bosco High School(Borivali). A top-order batsman who occasionally bowls medium-pace, Paul Valthaty shot into the limelight with a blistering century for Kings XI Punjab in the 2011 IPL season. Valthaty had a nondescript career till then, since making his way up the levels of age group cricket in Mumbai during the late 1990s. He made India’s Under-19 squad to the 2002 World Cup in New Zealand with the likes of Irfan Pathan and Parthiv Patel where an injury to his eye in the game against Bangladesh halted his development. He couldn’t make the breakthrough into senior cricket for years, and got just one opportunity for Mumbai, a one-dayer in 2006. There was no high-profile cricket for him for another few years, till Rajasthan Royals punted on him in the 2009 season, where he played a couple of matches. That earned him a place in Mumbai’s Twenty20 side, and he turned in a few powerful performances for them, which led to a contract with Kings XI Punjab in 2011.
Paul Valthaty is the player of Kings XI Punjab who gave outstanding performance in the Indian Premier League against champions Chennai Super Kings. Valthaty raced to 120 not out in 63 balls as the Kings XI Punjab chased down the 189-run target with six wickets and five balls to spare on Wednesday, 13th April, 2011 at Mohali. It was the first hundred of IPL 2011 and 13th overall and this century is his first fastest century. It was also the 3rd highest IPL score ever, after only Brendon McCullum‘s 158* and Murali Vijay‘s 127.
He rose to prominence when he led his team to victory scoring a century against Chennai Super Kings in the 2011 season on the IPL. He subsequently earned the orange cap for being the current highest run getter in the tournament.Valthaty, the new hero of IPL-2011 is a worthy all-rounder, became a super hero after his all-round performance against Deccan Chargers both with bat and ball. He took 4 wickets just by giving 29 runs and then scored 75 runs of just 47 balls. With this performance he got second successive Man of the Match and regained the Orange Cap from Sachin Tendulkar.[1][2]
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