{{Short description|American cricketer (born 2003)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Ritwik Behera | image = | country = United States | fullname = Ritwik Rasananda Behera | nickname = Chintu | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2003|11|10|df=yes}} | birth_place = Rockville, Maryland, United States | heightft = 6 | heightinch = 0 | batting = Right-handed | role = All-rounder | international = true
| T20Idebutdate = 22 December | T20Idebutyear = 2021 | T20Idebutagainst = Ireland | T20Icap = 22 | lastT20Idate = 23 December | lastT20Iyear = 2021 | lastT20Iagainst = Ireland
| date = December 29, 2021 | source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/ritwik-behera-1294030 Cricinfo |bowling=Right Arm off break}} '''Ritwik Rasananda Behera''' (born November 10, 2003) is an American cricketer who plays as an allrounder for the United States national cricket team.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ritwik Behera Profile - Cricket Player, Usa {{!}} News, Photos, Stats, Ranking, Records - NDTV Sports|url=https://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/players/114829-ritwik-behera-playerprofile|access-date=29 December 2021|website=NDTVSports.com|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Ritwik Behera |url=https://www.wisden.com/players/ritwik-behera-90856 |access-date=15 April 2025 |website=Wisden |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Ritwik Behera profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/ritwik-behera-1294030|access-date=29 December 2021|website=ESPNcricinfo|language=en}}</ref>
==Career== Behera was born and raised in Maryland, United States with an Odia Indian immigrant family from the eastern Indian state of Cuttack, Odisha. Ritwik attended William B. Gibbs Jr. Elementary School, Roberto Clemente Middle School, and Poolesville High School in Montgomery County, Maryland before going on to study computer science at the University of Maryland.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=27 December 2021|title=The rise and rise Ritwik Behera|url=https://www.americanbazaaronline.com/2021/12/26/the-rise-and-rise-ritwik-behera-448143/|access-date=29 December 2021|website=The American Bazaar|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527133915/https://www.americanbazaaronline.com/2021/12/26/the-rise-and-rise-ritwik-behera-448143/|archive-date=27 May 2022}}</ref>
Behera started playing cricket aged 12, coached by former India under-19 international Sunny Sohal.<ref name=":1" /> He made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut on December 22, 2021, for the United States against Ireland.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1291187.html |title=1st T20I, Lauderhill, Dec 22 2021, Ireland tour of United States of America and West Indies |access-date=24 December 2021 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>
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