Anvay Dravid and Aryavir Sehwag ( X/soumibanerjee27 and Instagram/aaryavirsehwag)
Karnataka U-16 captain Anvay Dravid and Delhi’s dashing opening batter Aryavir Sehwag are combating it out for his or her respective state groups.
It has been near a decade since a BCCI match scorecard featured two of Indian cricket’s biggest names — Virender Sehwag and Rahul Dravid.
However, the three-day match between Karnataka and Delhi within the Vijay Merchant Trophy National U-16 boys’ tourney, which began on Monday, actually had a distinct zing to it as the staff checklist featured a Dravid and a Sehwag, albeit for rival sides.
Karnataka U-16 captain Anvay Dravid and Delhi’s dashing opening batter Aryavir Sehwag are combating it out for his or her respective state groups.
While they met with contrasting outcomes on Day 1– Dravid junior getting out for a duck whereas junior Sehwag remaining unbeaten on 50, the ‘Sehwag vs Dravid’ contest in junior cricket was as attractive as it might get.
Anvay, youthful son of former India skipper and present head coach Dravid, can be the staff’s wicketkeeper whereas Sehwag’s elder son believes in giving the brand new ball a mighty thwack a la his father.
It’s been a wonderful yr for the ‘Gen-Next’ of Indian cricket’s golden technology.
While Arjun Tendulkar has already made his IPL debut and is a primary staff common for Goa, Dravid’s elder son Samit is representing Karnataka within the Cooch Behar Trophy (National U-19 Meet).
Samit, nevertheless, has missed the India U-19 bus after a middling Vinoo Mankad Trophy (U-19 One Dayers) outing, the place he scored one half-century.
In the continuing U-16 match between Delhi and Karnataka at the Andhra Cricket Association (ACA) Stadium in Mangalagiri, Karnataka have been all out for 144 in 56.3 overs.
Anvay, who got here in at No. 5 didn’t open his account and was bowled by Delhi’s most profitable bowler Ayush Lakra. He confronted two deliveries.
In reply, Delhi have been comfortably positioned at 107 for 1 in 30 overs at stumps, with Aryavir hitting seven fours and a six in his unbeaten 50 off 98 balls.
Aryavir’s stance and shot-making bear resemblance to his dad as he despatched pacer Vaibhav C’s supply hovering over deep sq. leg for a most and save one, all his different six boundaries have been cracked on the off-side — one by backward level, two of them by covers and at least three within the gully area.
This is Aryavir’s second season in U-16, although he didn’t get to play any matches throughout final yr as he was principally a travelling squad member.
However this time, he has sharpened his recreation and enjoying 98 balls on the day is a sworn statement to that.
The scores of junior degree video games in the end doesn’t make a lot of a distinction when these boys will make transition to senior cricket however Aryavir and Anvay can have no choice however to hold the burden of their well-known final title, one thing Arjun would solely know too properly.
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