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  • India win U-19 World Cup: Know your younger cricket stars

    India U-19 boys confirmed supreme ability and age-defying maturity to raise a record-extending fifth world title. From skipper and batting mainstay Yash Dhull to star of the title conflict Raj Bawa,  check out their tales Indian Express carried throughout the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup at North Sound, Antigua.
    Yash Dhull- The profitable captain
    Yash Dhull together with his father Vijay, mom Neelam and sister. (Spl Arrangement)
    The India U-19 skipper hails from Janakpuri, Delhi and is a center order batter. He confirmed his mettle within the semi-final towards Australia by scoring a formidable hundred. He had led the Delhi U-16 workforce and likewise scored 302 runs in 5 innings throughout the Vinoo Mankad Trophy. He was made the captain of the workforce due to his extremely rated abilities. Dhull displayed his uncommon expertise by taking part in three essential knocks after lacking two league video games because of a Covid-19 an infection.
    Yash Dhull’s 110: Blockbuster for the world, common viewing for coach, dad and mom
    Coach Pradeep Kochar rewinds to a Vijay Merchant match performed in Delhi 4 years in the past to focus on what those that have adopted the Indian U19 workforce’s progress to the ultimate of the World Cup now know — captain Yash Dhull has nerves of metal. At the Feroz Shah Kotla stadium, Dhull, then solely 15, batted a bit of over a day for his unbeaten 183 to attract the sport towards Punjab. Delhi have been right down to their final two wickets at stumps however Dhull had shepherded the innings. The end result helped Delhi qualify for the knock-outs. [Read full story]
    Shaik Rasheed- The deputy
    Shaik Rasheed of India performs a shot as Tobias Snell of Australia retains throughout the ICC U19 Men’s Cricket World Cup Super League Semi Final 2 match between India and Australia. (Photo: ICC)
    Dhull’s deputy and quantity three batter, had scored 376 runs in 6 innings for Andhra within the Vinoo Mankad Trophy at a median of 75.2. He scored a ton within the Challenger Trophy (119), additionally struck an unbeaten 90 towards Bangladesh within the Asia Cup Semi-final and scored 72 not out in observe match towards Australia earlier than the World Cup.He additionally performed a pivotal function within the workforce reaching closing.
    Travelling 50km to academy, testing Covid constructive, Shaik Rasheed battles setbacks to prosper in semifinal
    The cricket academy the place Shaik Rasheed–the vice-captain of India’s U-19 workforce on the World Cup–skilled was in Mangalgiri, some 50 kilometres from his dwelling in Guntur. But Rasheed, who scored a priceless 94 within the semifinal towards Australia, not often missed a day’s observe as a result of his father, Shaik Balisha, used to ferry him your complete distance on his scooter. Every single day. Rain or shine, warmth or mud—Guntur may be scorching scorching in summers—nothing mattered to him. [Read full story]
    Harnoor Singh Pannu
    Harnoor Singh Pannu was the participant of the match for India. (Twitter/BCCI)
    He is a sublime left-handed batter and a specialist opener, who gained the participant of the event award in Asia Cup 2021, as he amassed 251 runs in 5 innings, with 120 as his greatest rating. However, he didn’t have the perfect of occasions within the World Cup. In the Challenger Trophy 2021/22, he amassed 397 runs from 4 innings with three a whole bunch.
    Carrying household sporting legacy ahead, Harnoor and Raj star in Indian victory
    As youngsters, children Harnoor Singh Pannu and Raj Angad Bawa would typically hear about sporting days of their respective grandfathers from their household. While Raj’s grandfather Tarlochan Singh Bawa was a member of the 1948 Olympics gold medal- profitable Indian hockey workforce, Harnoor’s grandfather Rajinder Singh performed six Ranji Trophy matches for Punjab. Harnoor emerged as the very best run-scorer and participant of the event whereas Raj claimed a complete of eight wickets and 68 runs within the event as India defeated Sri Lanka by 9 wickets in a rain-affected closing of the ACC U-19 Asia Cup performed in Dubai. It was celebration time for the households of each the UTCA Chandigarh and PML SD College gamers. [Read Full Story]
    Raj Bawa
    India’s Raj Bawa celebrates after a wicket throughout U19 Cricket World Cup closing match between India and England. Bawa took 5 wickets within the match. (Source: PTI)
    The star of World Cup closing, Bawa is a left-handed batter and a right-arm medium pacer. He made the headlines after selecting 4 wickets towards Pakistan within the Asia Cup and likewise scored a ton and took 8 wickets within the three ‘Challenger Trophy’ video games. His father Sukhwinder Singh Bawa has coached former India flamboyant all-rounder Yuvraj Singh, who hails from Punjab, whereas his grandfather Tarlochan Bawa gained Olympics gold medal in hockey in 1948.
    Not allowed to bowl quick for 5 years, Raj Angad Bawa takes 5/31 in U19 World Cup closing
    Back in 2000, when Mohammad Kaif-led India gained the U-19 World Cup, Sukhwinder Bawa was the toast of each cricket journalist. His ward Yuvraj Singh was Player of the Tournament, and everybody needed a bit of the coach who had skilled the to-be celebrity.Cut to the current, twenty years later, his telephone is once more buzzing, and the inboxes are full, however Bawa isn’t overwhelmed. He says, “I am having deja vu. I have seen it before. “Back then, it was an adrenaline rush. Abhi aisa lag raha ki yaar ye sab dekh chuka hun (Now I feel like I have seen all these things before). Yes, I am a bit emotional because Raj is my son,” says Bawa with a heavy voice. [Read Full Story]
    Angkrish Raghuvanshi
    Angkrish Raghuvanshi (left) and Harnnoor Pannu placed on a 164-runs stand for the opening wicket towards Ireland. (Twitter/BCCI)
    He is an aggressive right-handed batter and a specialist opener, who hammered a fifty within the Asia Cup 2021 closing towards Sri Lanka. His father Avneesh has performed tennis for India and mom Malika has performed basketball for the nation. He moved to Mumbai from Delhi at 11 and was coached by former India all-rounder and home veteran Abhishek Nayar.
    Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Harnoor Singh arrange India’s huge win over Ireland
    Harnoor Singh Pannu and Angkrish Raghuvanshi are fascinating case research. Both grew up in probably the most excellent of situations, well-supported by their households. They are from sporting backgrounds, moved cities to pursue their desires, and enrolled in cricket academies with good services and technical experience. Raghuvanshi, 16, the youngest participant within the India Under-19 workforce, moved to Mumbai from Delhi on the age of 11. His opening accomplice, Pannu, who’ll flip 19 later this month, was 12 when he shifted his base to Chandigarh from Jalandhar. [Read Full Story]
    Vicky Ostwal
    Vicky Ostwal in motion.(Twitter)
    A left-arm orthodox spinner, who hails from Lonavala, a picturesque hill-station in Maharashtra’s Pune district. On the insistence of his coach Mohan Jadhav, he shifted to a spot close to his academy � the Vengsarkar Academy in Thergaon, Chinchwad. He was the participant of the match within the Asia Cup 2021 closing as he returned with wonderful figures of three/11 and took 8 wickets in 5 Asia Cup matches with an financial system of two.29. Ostwal ended up as India’s main wickettaker within the event.
    Left-arm spinner Vicky Ostwal making heads flip
    Vicky Ostwal’s means to generate flip and bounce has made him an asset for India on the ongoing ICC U-19 World Cup. Add to it his pinpoint accuracy and it’s no shock that the left-arm spinner has troubled all of the groups within the competitors. The Indian workforce was affected by a Covid-19 outbreak however Ostwal is without doubt one of the few gamers to have performed all of the matches. The lanky teenager is third on the wicket-takers’ listing with 12 scalps in 5 video games, together with a fifer towards South Africa. [Read Full Story]
    Nishant Sindhu
    Nishant Sindhu together with his father. Nishant has performed a pivotal function in India’s run within the U-19 World Cup.
    Sindhu, who scored his life’s most necessary half century within the closing on Saturday, is an attacking left-handed batter and left-arm orthodox bowler. He led Haryana to Vinoo Mankad Trophy title after 19 years and had additionally led Haryana to a win in U-16 Vijay Merchant Trophy in 201. He is the son of a state stage boxer and led India when common skipper Yash Dhull had examined constructive for COVID-19. Later, he additionally examined constructive.
    U-19 World Cup: Boxer’s son Nishant Sindhu with a lethal left
    Growing up, Sunil Kumar had only one dream: carrying the Indian jersey. The circumstances pressured the then 19-year-old budding boxer to give up the game. Now, 20 years later, he’s lastly dwelling his dream by his son Nishant Sindhu, who’s representing India on the ICC Men’s U-19 World Cup. The 17-year-old Sindhu has performed a pivotal function in India’s run within the ongoing event. The gifted all-rounder from Haryana has picked up six wickets and has scored 90 runs in 4 matches to date. Sindhu, alongside together with his fellow left-arm spinner Vicky Ostwal, has shared 18 wickets within the event and has given India an edge towards the groups within the event. The duo has efficiently choked oppositions run stream within the center overs. [Read Full Story]
    Ravi Kumar
    The father-son duo needed to cross a collection of hurdles to savour at the present time.
    He is a left-arm pacer and son of a CRPF officer, who performed the Vinoo Mankad Trophy for Bengal wherein he grabbed 11 wickets, with an financial system of two.75. He was the wreaker in chief towards Bangladesh within the quarter-final of the continuing World Cup and performed a pivotal function in India making it to the semis. He took 4 necessary wickets within the closing.
    CRPF man’s son is India’s hero in U-19 World Cup, units up win over Bangladesh
    AT THE CRPF camp in Odisha’s Maoist-affected Rayagada district, nobody knew Ravi Kumar. A handful knew his father, Rajinder Singh, an Assistant Sub Inspector. But Saturday night time modified all of it. Ravi, a left-arm seamer, nabbed three wickets for 14 runs — highlighted by a gap spell of 5-1-5-3 — to arrange India’s five-wicket victory over Bangladesh for a spot within the semifinals of U-19 World Cup in West Indies. It was India’s sweetest second within the event but, as Bangladesh had crushed them to the trophy within the earlier version. [Read Full Story]
    Siddharth Yadav
    Siddharth Yadav, son of the shopkeeper Shravan Yadav, was chosen to characterize the nation.
    He is a left-handed batter, who hails from Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh. In the Vinoo Mankad Trophy, from seven innings he scored 258 runs with a median of 43, together with two fifties. Siddharth’s father runs a provision retailer.
    Shopkeeper’s son Siddharth Yadav in India U-19, one in all many from small cities
    A small common provisions retailer in Kotgaon, Ghaziabad, has been the centre of consideration since Sunday night, when Siddharth, son of the shopkeeper Shravan Yadav, was chosen to characterize the nation. The top-order batsman is a part of the India under-19 squad for the upcoming Asia Cup, adopted by the World Cup in January. The senior Yadav is elated, so are his clients. [Read Full Story]
    Dinesh Bana
    He is a wicket-keeper and right-handed batter, who hails from Hisar in Haryana. In the 4 �Challenger Trophy matches’, Bana scored 255 runs. With 170 as his greatest rating. He Idolises cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar. He additionally impressed together with his huge hitting abilities within the semifinal towards Australia.
    Rajvardhan Hangargekar
    A pacer and an attacking batter, with particular prowess for hitting sixes, the lanky speedster has performed 5 listing A and two T20s for Maharashtra. He additionally grabbed 8 wickets within the Asia Cup and scored 97 runs. He sadly misplaced his father because of COVID-19 in June 2020.

    Kaushal Tambe
    He is an attacking right-handed batter and off-spinner, who was initially noticed by former nationwide selector and former Maharashtra coach Surendra Bhave when he went for choice trials. He was born in Ootur village in Junnar tehsil of Pune district, which is the birthplace of Maratha Warrior King Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.Bought up in Pune, he research within the well-known SP College and his father is Sunil Tambe, who’s an ACP with the Anti-Terrorism Squad.
    Garv Sangwan
    He is a right-arm pacer, who hails from Bhiwani in Haryana, which is understood for boxers and wrestlers. He was part of the Vinoo Mankad profitable Haryana workforce.
    Aaradhya Yadav
    He is a wicket-keeper and a right-haned batter, who hails from Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh. In the Vinoo Mankad trophy, he amassed 295 runs from seven innings, with a median of 42.1 together with his greatest rating of 131. He is coached by Ajay Sharma.
    (With PTI inputs)

  • U-19 World Cup: India beat England by 4 wickets to clinch document fifth title

    The two unbeaten sides met on the Sir Vivian Richards Cricket Ground in Antigua and Barbuda as England went looking for solely their second title, however it was India who prolonged their document of most match wins.
    Raj Bawa took 5 for 31 as England misplaced wickets early of their innings earlier than 95 from James Rew restored hope within the push for a primary trophy since 1998.
    It was to not be as each Shaik Rasheed and Nishant Sindhu made fifties earlier than Dinesh Bana crashed back-to-back sixes to seal the win.

    𝙄𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙖 𝙐19 𝘼𝙧𝙚 𝙏𝙝𝙚 #𝙐19𝘾𝙒𝘾 2022 𝘾𝙃𝘼𝙈𝙋𝙄𝙊𝙉𝙎! 🔝 🏆
    A incredible efficiency by #BoysInBlue as they beat England U19 by 4⃣ wickets within the Final! 🙌 🙌 #INDvENG
    This is India’s FIFTH Under 19 World Cup triumph. 👏 👏
    Scorecard ▶️ https://t.co/p6jf1AXpsy pic.twitter.com/bQzABDFUpd
    — BCCI (@BCCI) February 5, 2022
    India dominate England so as to add one other trophy to their cabinet
    England received the toss and selected to bat with their second-highest run-scorer Jacob Bethell alongside George Thomas who had made a brave 52 of their semi-final win over Afghanistan.
    It was a shaky begin for Bethell who survived an enchantment for caught behind within the second over however fell three balls later as he was dismissed leg earlier than wicket by Ravi Kumar for 2.
    Captain Tom Prest got here in at quantity three however couldn’t add to his 292 runs as he went for a four-ball duck, England’s first of the match.

    Thomas was not deterred by the lack of two of his aspect’s key wickets as he performed engaging strokes and earned a quick reprieve having been dropped on 26.
    But he too obtained out earlier than he might have any actual affect, caught by Yash Dhull off the bowling of Raj Bawa for 27.

    That #U19CWC successful feeling 💙 pic.twitter.com/wKk7BibxXh
    — ICC (@ICC) February 5, 2022
    James Rew then put his hand as much as be England’s potential saviour, staying put as wickets fell round him, not one of the Young Lions center order ready so as to add greater than ten to the overall as they slipped to 91 for seven.
    It was left to James Sales to work with Rew to placed on England’s highest stand of their innings, including 93 runs to the overall earlier than Rew cruelly missed out on his century.
    He was caught by Kaushal Tambe for 95 from 116 balls having hit 12 sixes and virtually singlehandedly given England a combating probability.
    Sales was left stranded on 34 not out because the tail wagged – England have been all out for 189 from 44.5 overs as Bawa claimed 5 for 31, with Kumar virtually equally as spectacular with 4 for 34.

    India’s chase of their modest goal obtained off to the worst potential begin as Angkrish Raghuvanshi was caught behind for a second-ball duck, with the right-hander unable to maneuver previous Prest to the third-highest run-scorer within the competitors.
    The Men in Blue have been capable of rating at a sedate price, with Harnoor Singh including 21 from 46 balls earlier than he too was caught behind.
    Shaik Rasheed and Dhull seemed to repeat their 204-run partnership they placed on towards Australia within the semi-final, as Rasheed introduced up his fifty from 83 balls.

    However, Sales and Rew mixed once more this time to dismiss the right-hander with the very subsequent supply.
    England detected a chink within the Indian armour, and in Sales’ subsequent over Dhull was caught by George Bell who wheeled away in celebration realizing two new batters have been on the crease.
    However, Nishant Sandhu and Bawa, who has the very best particular person rating of the match with 162 not out, moved India to 164 earlier than Bawa grew to become the fifth wicket to fall.
    It was going to take one thing particular to defeat India even now because the required runs ticked right down to 14 from 23 balls.
    And one thing particular did arrive, Rehan Ahmed protruding a hand to cease a near-certain most and dismiss Tambe to depart India on 176 for six.
    But with Sandhu on the crease, England’s activity at all times appeared troublesome, he crashed 4 runs to alleviate the stress England had been constructing earlier than taking a single to convey up his first half-century in worldwide cricket.
    Dinesh Bana was within the temper to get the trophy in his palms as early as potential smashing a six off his toes to convey the scores degree.

    Another six adopted within the subsequent ball as Bana’s teammates raced onto the pitch earlier than the ball had even crossed the rope, realizing victory and the trophy was theirs.

  • U-19 World Cup: Boxer’s son Nishant Sindhu with a lethal left

    Growing up, Sunil Kumar had only one dream: carrying the Indian jersey. The circumstances compelled the then 19-year-old budding boxer to give up the game. Now, 20 years later, he’s lastly residing his dream by means of his son Nishant Sindhu, who’s representing India on the ICC Men’s U-19 World Cup.
    The 17-year-old Sindhu has performed a pivotal function in India’s run within the ongoing match. The gifted all-rounder from Haryana has picked up six wickets and has scored 90 runs in 4 matches to date. Sindhu, alongside together with his fellow left-arm spinner Vicky Ostwal, has shared 18 wickets within the match and has given India an edge in opposition to the groups within the match. The duo has efficiently choked oppositions run move within the center overs.

    Ostwal and Sindhu are totally different bowlers. One is fast by means of the air, whereas the opposite appears to be like for extra spin, however each are equally efficient on the gradual Caribbean wickets. They dried up runs from each ends, compelled the batters to play photographs, and are rewarded with a bagful of wickets.
    “It gives me so much joy to watch him play for India. My dream was always to don the Indian jersey, which unfortunately I never did,” Sunil Kumar tells Indian Express over the cellphone.
    Kumar, 39, was a state-level boxer for Haryana, however the lack of help from the household compelled him to hold his boxing gloves.
    “I was in 54kg weight category but never got that backing from my family. My father was a government employee. For him, academics was everything. My mother supported me a lot but unfortunately, she passed away when I was 19. There was responsibility, I had two younger sisters, so I started working,” remembers Kumar.
    Kumar, who by no means had any curiosity in cricket, was stunned when he noticed his three-year-old son leaping in pleasure when India, below MS Dhoni, gained the T20 World Cup in South Africa in 2007. The following day, he gifted him a plastic bat, which was when he found one other aspect about his son.

    “I gave him the bat, and his stance was left-handed. I threw the ball toward him and he picked up with his left hand. Then I came to know why he is a southpaw,” laughs Kumar.
    Kumar all the time wished his son to observe in his footstep, however Sindhu by no means confirmed any curiosity in boxing. In 2011, the day after India gained the ODI World Cup, he hesitantly advised his father that he wished to play cricket.
    “I always wanted him to be a sportsperson, be it cricket or boxing. I decided that I would never let anything come between him and his dream. He wanted to play cricket, and I decided to back him with my last penny,” says Kumar.
    Kumar enrolled Nishant into Shri Ram Narain Cricket Academy, run by a former Haryana first-class cricketer and coach, Ashwani Kumar.
    Sant Rathee, a coach on the academy, remembers how he was shocked after watching Sindhu bowls for the primary time. “I saw an 8-year-old kid with a natural loop. It was so natural. The batting was equally good, the hand-eye coordination, the drives, everything was so perfect,” recounts Rathee.
    Nishant Sindhu is representing India on the ICC Men’s U-19 World Cup.
    Sindhu got here to the limelight when he scored 290 runs and bagged 24 wickets for Haryana within the U-14 Dhruv Pandove Trophy held in Patiala in 2017. He was instantly fast-tracked into the Haryana U-16 staff, and within the 2017-18 Vijay Merchant Trophy, he scored 280 runs and took 16 wickets.
    He saved his finest for the 2018-19 Vijay Merchant Trophy, the place Sindhu amassed 572 runs and bagged 23 wickets. It was below his captaincy that Haryana defeated Jharkhand within the remaining to elevate the tile. The Vijay Merchant Trophy success helped him get a call-up from the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bengaluru.
    When he returned from the camp in March 2020, the Covid-19 pandemic raged on, and Sindhu, like a whole lot of younger aspiring cricketers in India, was left upset.
    Kumar once more got here to his son’s rescue. He made a makeshift health club on his terrace and requested his pal, Anand Mayana, a health coach, to spare a while for his son.
    “For any athlete, fitness should be the top priority. I have learned it from my experience. Anand used to visit us twice a day, and he will look after his fitness routine. There was not much space for him to bowl; we used to do shadow practicing and throwdowns with the wet tennis balls. I managed whatever I could,” remembers Sunil.
    Two years later, Sindhu marshalled his troops to the U-19 Vinoo Mankad Trophy triumph. Haryana defeated Maharashtra by six wickets within the finals to cap off a marketing campaign the place the staff didn’t lose a single sport. Sindhu scored 299 runs and took 12 wickets for Haryana within the match.
    His success was rewarded when he was chosen for the India U-19 squad for the Asia Cup and U-19 World Cup. What stunned everybody was that he was not being nominated because the staff’s skipper. But he went on to captain India in two video games in opposition to Ireland and Uganda following a Covid-19 outbreak within the Indian camp. With captain Yash Dhull and vice-captain Shaik Rasheed each in isolation, VVS Laxman and Co. handed the captaincy badge to Sindhu.

    Unfortunately, the Haryana teenager additionally examined constructive and needed to miss the quarter-final conflict in opposition to Bangladesh.
    “He has always been a leader. He has great awareness of the game, and when Yash and Rasheed were tested positive, I knew Nishant would be the leader. He is not even 17 and has won two prestigious tournaments,” says Kumar, who has additionally skilled India ladies’s staff opener, Shafali Verma.
    Pankaj Thakur, Haryana U-19 coach, too, charges Sindhu extremely. He decodes how the teenager has advanced as a cricketer over time.
    “He is a complete package. A solid middle-order batter, a brilliant bowler and a gun outfield fielder. The greatest attribute of his game is his eagerness to improve,” says Thakur, who has performed 57 first-class matches for Haryana. “What has impressed me the most is his bowling. He always tries to play with the batter’s mind. He loves setting up batters; he might get hit in the process, but he will never lose heart. He loves to flight the ball and will always look for the rough patches created by the fast bowlers.”
    He provides: “In his U-16 days, he didn’t have that arm ball. He learned this craft over a period of time. I think being a spinner, he was used to bowl 30-35 overs in a day, and it gave time to add arm ball into his armoury.”
    Thakur liked how his ward cleaned up Australia’s Nivethan Radhakrishnan within the semifinal. “The same ball in the last over, he was hit for a boundary. This time he bowled it slow in the air; it spun, took the inside edge ricochets onto the stumps. His celebration will tell you that he was setting him up from the last over,” says Thakur.
    Back in Rohtak, Nihsant’s mom Vandana is busy cooking Ghewar (a conventional candy), her son’s favorite. “For the past five years, due to his fitness regime and diet, I have never allowed him to eat it. Win or lose, he will have his favourite dish served when he returns,” says Kumar.