Akash Deep Profile: Age, Date of Birth and Career Info

Akash Deep Profile

Akash Deep is an Indian international cricketer who plays for the Indian Cricket Team. Known as a traditional pacer, the 28-year-old bowler has been a mainstay in the team ever since his Team India debut.

Full Name, Date of Birth & Age

Akash Deep was born on 15^th December 1996 in Dehri, Bihar. As of 2025, he is currently 28 years of age.

Hometown & Education

Akash Deep was born in Dehri, in Bihar. He grew up in Bihar and was drawn to cricket from a very young age. He studied at a local village school in Sasaram.

Akash Deep Family Background & Early Life

Parents & Siblings

Akash’s father was Ramji Singh who served as a government teacher in Sasaram. Despite being interested in cricket, he faced strong opposition from his family and parents to not pursue cricket. His father wanted him to study for a Bihar police constable's exam or apply for a peon’s job.

Akash Deep had one elder brother who passed away years ago. He also has two sisters. His elder brother and father passed away within a short span and thus Akash automatically became the sole breadwinner of his home.

Early Cricket Roots

Akash Deep understood that he had no future in cricket if he was to remain in Bihar. The main reason for this being – the Bihar Cricket Association being suspended.

A friend helped him join a cricket club in Durgapur, West Bengal. Thus began Akash Deep’s cricket journey. He went on to play cricket with tennis balls which helped him earn some money.

Beginning of Akash Deepʼs Cricket Career

Bengal First-Class & List A Debuts

In 2010, he made it to the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB’s) first division, playing for United Club. Under Ranadeb Bose’s guidance, he became an astute pacer and got his chance in the U23 Bengal squad. After being injured, it was Sourasish Lahiri, the U23 Bengal coach who helped him in his rehab. It proved extremely crucial as the extent of the injury was enough to end his career.

His T20 debut came in 2018 when he took part in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. In the 2019 season he made both his List A and first-class debuts in the Vijay Hazare Trophy and Ranji Trophy respectively.

Franchise Journey

In the second half phase of the Indian Premier League, IPL 2021 he was drafted into the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) squad. The next season he was bought by RCB in the IPL 2022 Mega Auction and stayed with the team for 3 years. However, in IPL 2025 Mega Auction, he was bought by Lucknow Super Giants (LSG).

International & Test Debut

Akash Deeo had to wait quite sometime to get his much-awaited international debut. He was included in the Asias Games 2022 squad as a replacement for Shivam Mavi. The next year in 2023, he replaced the injured Deepak Chahar for the South Africa series, but didn’t get a chance to play.

But in 2024, he got his Test debut in the India vs England series at home. He got the precious news while he was representing Bengal in the ongoing Ranji Trophy series.

Akash Deep Injuries & Recovery

Notable Injury Lay-offs

Akash Deep suffered a career threating injury while playing for Bengal in domestic cricket. He underwent strenuous rehabilitation under the guidance of Bengal U23 coach Sourasish Lahiri and recovered completely.

In the Tendulkar-Anderson series, i.e. India tour of England Test series of 2025, Akash Deep suffered an injury and thus was ruled out of the IND vs ENG 4^th Test at Manchester.

Rehab Timeline & Current Fitness Regime

Like other pacers, Akash Deep focuses a lot on the strength and conditioning apart from practicing his normal bowling drills. Furthermore, the Bengal pacer also follows a rigorous diet to maintain his shape and fitness.

Akash Deep Relationships, Marriage & More

Marital Status & Partner

Akash is currently unmarried. Moreover, the fast bowler is a private person and thus not much is known about his girlfriend or partner.

Off-Field Interests & Hobbies

His main focus and love remain cricket. But the player loves spending time with his family, especially his mother. Among his hobbies, reports in the internet claim that Akash Deep loves listening to songs of Mohammed Rafi.

Akash Deep Net Worth & Endorsements

According to various sources in the internet it is estimated that Akash Deep’s Net worth as of 2024 is approximately around ₹52.75 lakh. This comes from his BCCI central contract and his IPL fee. LSG bought him for a price of 8 crore in the IPL 2025 Mega Auction.

Akash Deep Passions & Off-Field Interests

Akash Deep loves music and spending time with his family. It is reported that he loves listening to Mohammed Rafi’s songs.

Akash Deep Social Media Profiles

The ace pacer is pretty active on social media and that is evident from his Instagram posts. His official Instagram handle is akash.deep969. He has 665K followers on the social media platform and it continues to grow with every passing day.

One of his recent posts went viral on social media which accumulated 1.8 million likes. It was after India’s iconic win at Edgbaston. Akash Deep scalped 4 and 6 wickets respectively in two innings to give India a convincing 336-run victory.

Trivia & Fun Facts

After his exploits in the IND vs ENG 2^nd Test, he is now named as the “The boy from Sasaram" or "India's Edgbaston hero”

Cricket pundits also draw parallels with him to other hit the deck hard bowlers like Mukesh Kumar and Mayank Yadav.