Cricketer who has played for the Lucknow Super Giants in the Indian Premier League. He has also played for the India national cricket team. He is a right-handed batsman, as well as a right-arm-off break bowler.
He began playing cricket during his years in school. In the year 2009, he played for the Kendriya Vidyalaya U-17 cricket team. He was only 14 years of age at the time.
In the fourth round of the 2016-17 Ranji Trophy, he scored his first double-century playing for the Baroda cricket team. In June of 2022, he was selected to be part of India's squad for their Twenty20 International series against Ireland. In the 2022 IPL auction, Hooda was bought by the Lucknow Super Giants for ₹5.75 crores.
He was born in India.
In June of 2022, he posted a photo on his deepakhooda30 Instagram account that featured himself alongside fellow cricketer Khaleel Ahmed.