Gujarat’s Arzan Nagwaswalla rewarded for exploits in home cricket

After almost half a century, a Parsi cricketer is all set to board an Indian group flight. At least as a standby. Not since Farokh Engineer final performed for India in 1975 has there been a Parsi man as a part of the nationwide set-up earlier than Gujarat’s left-arm medium pacer Arzan Nagwaswalla discovered his title among the many reserves for the World Test championship ultimate towards New Zealand and five-Test sequence towards England. He picked 41 wickets in eight video games at 18.36 through the 2019-20 Ranji Trophy season. YouTube has visible proof of his expertise: booming inswingers to right-handed batsmen, stump-crashing yorkers, and throat-threatening bouncers.
There is a little bit of Zaheer Khan in the way in which Nagwaswalla hundreds up and it comes as no shock that Khan was his idol. Nagwaswalla met the previous India pacer someday within the Mumbai Indians internet.
“He (Zaheer) came and said that I bowl like him. This tour will be a great learning experience for me and I’m looking forward to it,” he instructed The Indian Express.
The 23-year-old left-arm pacer is the youngest member of the Parsi group within the village of Nergal, located just a few kilometres from the border city of Umbergaon in Gujarat. In truth, he’s the one one in all his technology who’s stayed again. The relaxation, he reveals, left for the greener pastures of Mumbai a very long time in the past. But his household by no means wished emigrate to a giant metropolis. The resolution to remain put paid dividends as he rose quickly by means of the junior ranks in Gujarat.
In the right here and now, Nagwaswalla is joyful and happy with coming by means of from the Parsi group. “It will be a proud moment for our community, for sure. Since the time I started playing cricket, I always wanted to be a cricketer. I know what my community’s legacy has been. I will try to carry the same ahead,” he says.
Arzan Nagwaswalla performs for Gujarat in home cricket. (Twitter/BCCIDomestic)
His Gujarat team-mate Priyank Panchal particulars out Nagwaswalla’s key attributes.
“The best part is that he can swing the ball both ways. At the same time, he clocks 135-plus on a consistent basis. He is the one of the few bowlers on the domestic circuit with a deadly bouncer. Fast bowlers bowl short by pitching around the halfway mark, but Arzan can get bounce by pitching between halfway and the good-length area. The way he bowled in Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy and Vijay Hazare Trophy, I thought someone will pick him for the Indian Premier League but he went just as a net bowler for Mumbai Indians. The good thing is that now Arzan will grow from here. Initially, he had pace but didn’t have control over line. Even a stint as a net bowler with the Indian team will boost his confidence. He will come back a better bowler after the tour,” Panchal instructed this newspaper.
The left-arm medium pacer picked up the game at an early age from his elder brother Vispi. The pacer was getting back from Mumbai the place he was a part of the Mumbai Indians group as a internet bowler when he acquired a name from the selector.
“I had received a call this morning that I will be picked, it was the best day of my life. I will be going home after two months of IPL, I never thought that I will be with the Indian team,” Nagwaswalla stated.