Wicketkeeper batter Eknath Kerkar has been a cricket nomad for the previous couple of seasons. The diminutive Kerkar learnt his craft in Mumbai and even made his First Class debut for the previous Ranji champion through the 2018 season. But his profession hit a roadblock after he was starved of alternatives and was pressured to attempt his luck elsewhere.
An opportunity to signify Goa got here calling after the Covid-19 pandemic and he jumped on the alternative.
“I made a good begin to my First Class profession. I scored an unbeaten fifty on my debut for Mumbai. But as you already know, the competitors for locations is hard in Mumbai and I didn’t get many probabilities to show myself. I believed it was higher to hunt alternatives in different States.
“I obtained a chance to signify Goa and I performed as an expert for 3 seasons and did effectively. But down the road, I wished to problem myself and it was then I obtained an opportunity to signify Chhattisgarh. I used to be impressed with the imaginative and prescient of the State affiliation. It was a younger crew and I believed I might contribute extra as a senior cricketer. The dressing room ambiance is nice and kids look as much as you. This is the form of crew which I at all times wished to be a part of,’’ Kerkar, who was the player-of-the-match within the Kerala-Chhattisgarh Ranji Trophy match, stated.
On his century that thwarted Kerala, Kerkar stated the plan was to occupy the crease and play because the state of affairs demanded.
He grafted early, wore down the bowlers and punished them together with his broad repertoire of strokes.
“It was an excellent knock beneath stress. I at all times thought I had the sport to excel at this degree. I focused on my strengths and it got here good, ‘’ stated Kerkar, who has been scoring constantly for Chhattisgarh this season.
“We are bettering as a crew however we nonetheless have a little bit of catching as much as do. We imagine within the course of and the outcomes will observe,’’ he stated even whereas wanting ahead to the match towards his former crew Mumbai on Friday.
