Srinagar: An 11 year old pacer from Peeth on Saturday stoled the show during Team India’s net session in Perth, Australia with skipper Rohit Sharma all praise for the kid.
Team India will be starting their campaign if T20 World Cup 2022 with two warm-up matches. India will play Australia in their first warm-up fixture on Monday and it will be followed by another one against New Zealand, which will be played two days later.
Meanwhile team is preparing hard for event by training in nets. Team has also been engaging with fans.
An 11-year-old kid also got to be part of it. Drushil Chauhan, the name of the kid, was invited by Rohit to the Indian dressing room and got the opportunity to bowl against the talismanic batter at nets.
BCCI released a video of the same, in which team analyst Hari Prasad Mohan was heard narrating, how Rohit identified the talent among 100 kids.
“We arrived at the WACA for our afternoon practice session and kids were wrapping up their morning event. So as soon as we entered the dressing room, we were able to see 100 odd kids playing and enjoying cricket”.
“And there was one kid, who caught everyone’s eyes and Rohit was the first one to identify the kid. And after watching 2-3 balls the kid bowled, everyone was amazed by his smooth run-up and how naturally talented he was. He was constantly beating the bat and Rohit immediately went out of the dressing room and called the kid and asked him to bowl a few more balls,” Mohan said in the video.
Post their net session, Rohit asked Drushil: “You stay in Perth; how are you going to play for India?”
Pat came the reply: “I am going to go to India when I’ll be good enough.”
