Background
His brother Uday Kaul also plays first-class cricket for Punjab, and his father Tej Kaul played across three seasons in the 1970s for the Jammu and Kashmir cricket team
His brother Uday Kaul also plays first-class cricket for Punjab, and his father Tej Kaul played across three seasons in the 1970s for the Jammu and Kashmir cricket team
A medium pace bowler, he made his first-class debut for Punjab in 2007. He took a five wicket haul in the first innings, and finished with figures of 5/97. He has also made appearances for the Punjab youth teams, at Under-15, Under-17 and Under-19 levels.
Indian Premier League
Kaul was chosen by the Kolkata Knight Riders, based in Kolkata, West Bengal, and captained by Sourav Ganguly.
Kaul was named in the squad for the India U-19s team for the 2008 Under-19 World Cup in Malaysia. He played in all of India"s matches as they proceeded to the final, where they defeated the South African U-19 cricket team by 12 runs (adjusted by the Doctor of Laws method).
He took 10 wickets at an average of 15.40, putting him joint tenth on the list of highest wicket-takers for the tournament.
Kaul was a part of the victorious India Under-19s team at the 2008 Under-19 Cricket World Cup and was named as one of the players to be drafted for the Indian Premier League, where he signed for the Kolkata Knight Riders. Foreign the Indian Premier League"s inaugural season, a number of members of the victorious India Under-19s team from the 2008 Under-19 Cricket World Cup and other specified youngsters were named as players to be drafted by teams in the Indian Premier League, whilst other youth players would have to be chosen to play for their local teams.
