Rario is the world's first officially licensed cricket digital collectibles platform.
His first appearance in the limelight was in 2012 when he was picked up by the Royal Challengers Bangalore. He stayed with the franchise until 2017 but only had one outstanding season in 2015 when he picked up 17 wickets. During the 2019-20 domestic season, he performed exceptionally well for Haryana in Ranji and SMAT by picking up 52 and 19 wickets respectively.
Having spent a few seasons warming benches for Delhi Capitals, he was traded to the Royal Challengers Bangalore just before the 2021 IPL, where he was assigned the task of bowling the death overs. As soon as Harshal took the field against the Mumbai Indians, he took 5 wickets. He went on to pick 32 wickets, which is the joint most number of wickets in an IPL season, earning him the nickname Purple Patel. In the 2nd leg, he also picked a hat trick against MI. Thus far, he's taken 85 wickets for RCB, which is the most by a seamer.
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As a result of these performances, Harshal was rewarded with the India cap right after the T20 World Cup last year. Harshal has represented India 23 times in T20s and will now carry the burden of death overs in absence of Bumrah, which is a big responsibility. As a fast bowler, he has a unique skill called the slower ball, which is one of the best weapons at his disposal. Getting the trajectory, dip, and angles right depending on the batter and the surface is a difficult skill to master. It would not be unfair to describe him as one of the best slow ball exponents in T20s because his skills fox batters from time to time.
In addition to Harshal, Rario has officially partnered with several international cricket leagues such as the Hero Caribbean Premier League, Lanka Premier League, Abu Dhabi T10 League and Legends League Cricket.
Rario has also exclusively partnered with renowned internationally acclaimed cricket talent such as Virender Sehwag, Zaheer Khan, Rishabh Pant, Smriti Mandhana, Faf Du Plessis, Rashid Khan, Aaron Finch, Shakib Al Hasan, Quinton De Kock, Jason Holder, Shafali Verma, Prithvi Shaw, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Venkatesh Iyer, Ishant Sharma, Mohammad Siraj, Dinesh Karthik, Bhuvneshwar Kumar.
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In the global boom for non-fungible tokens (NFTs), Ankit Wadhwa and Sunny Bhanot founded Rario to let cricket fans collect and trade officially licensed cricket moments and international leagues in non-fungible tokens.
A variety of NFTs are available at Rario, including video moments, artifacts, and player cards. As Rario keeps on bringing contests and games that give cricket enthusiasts the opportunity to meet Indian cricketers, some lucky fans may even meet the cricketers themselves.