In the 2023-24 season, Kaul helped Punjab win their first T20 crown, finishing as their highest wicket-taker with 16 in 10 games as they lifted the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. He was also their highest wicket-taker (19 wickets in six games) in the 50-over Vijay Hazare Trophy.
Kaul most recently represented Punjab in the first half of the 2024-25 Ranji Trophy season, where he was wicketless in two matches. He finishes with 297 first-class wickets in 88 matches, at an average of 26.77, during a career that spanned 17 years. He also picked up 199 List A wickets at 24.30 and 182 in T20s at 22.04, with an economy rate of 7.67.
Kaul broke through to Punjab in first-class cricket when he was 17 and first hit the headlines a year later when he was part of Virat Kohli’s victorious India team at the Under-19 World Cup in Malaysia. However, multiple back injuries set him back for more than five years.
Between December 2007 and February 2012, Kaul played only six domestic matches across all formats. When he returned, he was part of an emerging generation of fast bowlers in Punjab alongside Manpreet Gony, Sandeep Sharma and Barinder Sran.
The high point of Kaul’s career came in 2018, when he earned a T20I cap on the tour of Ireland after consistently performing in the IPL for Sunrisers Hyderabad for two seasons. In 2017, he took 16 wickets in 10 games, while in 2018 he was SRH’s highest wicket-taker with 21 wickets in a season where they finished runners-up behind Chennai Super Kings.
Apart from Sunrisers, Kaul also represented Delhi Daredevils, Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the IPL.
Kaul is open to the idea of playing abroad, “wherever opportunities arise.”
“I feel like I still have 3 or 4 years of cricket left, but I wanted to go out at the top, when I was at my best and performing well rather than being asked to go because of my fitness or poor performance.” at some point.” another point,” he told ESPNcricinfo.
“If you look at my graph for the last 9-10 years, I have performed very well in all formats. So I felt it was a good time to do it. Hopefully, in the future, any opportunities that arise, like in cricket of the county. [he represented Northamptonshire in three Division 2 Championship games this summer, picking up 13 wickets at 29.84]or Legends League, MLC, etc., I would like to explore them if I have the opportunity.”
