Ranji Trophy 2018: Sanvir Singh stands out

Sanvir Singh, 22, made 110 points early.

Thursday evening, Sanvir Singh, 22, received an SMS from Yuvraj Singh. He was undefeated on 63 points after the Punjab won the first match of his first Ranji Trophy match against Andhra Pradesh in Vizag. Yuvraj, who participated in the match, wrote: "Well done." These two words mattered a lot for Sanvir, who is one of three Punjab beginners in this game with spinsters Mayank Markande and Arpit Pannu. On Friday, when General Patiala was the last Punjab drummer to have marked a century in his early days, he spoke of the special message. Yuvraj's "well played" inspired the young player to play better, scoring 110, a run that allowed the Punjab to score 414. Andhra, at stumps, scored 54/3.

"Yesterday, Mr. Yuvraj sent me a message saying that he had played well. As three of us debuting, it is always good to receive such messages from a player like Yuvraj, sir. There was no extra pressure, but we were just excited to have our selections on the first day of the match. We have players like Jiwanjot Singh and Abhishek Gupta, who scored two tons in their first-clbad debut, and they also told me to beat without pressure. Mayank and I played together for Patiala and our goal was to rebuild the sleeves and we often discussed our bowling between breaks. Growing up, I always aspired to look like Jacques Kallis and the way he beat and took wickets after long shots. Hopefully I will be able to handle some wickets in this match after the century too, "said the GP.

Son of an Indian Railways office chief at Patiala, Sanvir began to love cricket after his mother Sharanjit Kaur brought a plastic bat for him.While Sukhdev Singh's father was a famous kabaddi player, Sanvir's love of cricket meant that Singh's office hours would be spent playing bowling with Sanvir in the house of their railway colony at Patiala.

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The DMW cricket academy, led by coaches Dilip Yadav and Kiran Kumar, made the headlines when he collected 626 points – including a double century against Tamil Nadu – at the Cooch Behar Trophy in 2014-15, and next season Sanvir became Punjab's top scorer in the CK Nayudu title victory with 520 races, including two centuries and seven wickets. Prior to his Ranji Trophy debut, Sanvir was once again Punjab's top scorer in the CK Nayudu Pbad Trophy with 470 points over an average of over 65 and also won 12 wickets.

When the Singh family moved to a new home in Aman Nagar at Patiala five years ago, it also meant that the young child would be taken to the 700-square-meter family-owned property across the street. their new home. "I played at kabaddi at the national level and I was known for my partnership with Balwinder, winner of the Arjuna Award, but Sanvir's love for cricket made me a launcher of training, "says Sukhdev Singh, Sanvir's 50-year-old father.

that he would spend hours in the main hall of our railway asking me to make the shots. Later, when we moved to our new home, I bought a new plot where we put the nets. Many friends have told me to sell or build a building for rent on the new lot, but Sanvir's pbadion for cricket is more than anything for us. And today, when Sanvir broke his first century in his early days, I told friends that it was the compound interest of the plot, "said Father.

Sanvir was on top with a score of 160 for 4 in Punjab on Thursday and with skipper Mandeep Singh and Abhishek Gupta also left the team before the team reached 225 points. Sanvir first established a 66-point partnership with Pannu before adding 77 points to Markande, which also marked half a century. Sanvir looted 40 points, with six limits, 50 balls from Karn Sharma. While Punjab scored 414 goals in their first run and Andhra Pradesh scored 54 for 3 goals at the end of the day, Punjab cricket director Rajdeep Kalsi praises Sanvir . "I've seen him play also in the last two or three years and that 's one of the main reasons we' ve made his debut in the match. opening. His strength was his temper and with the team at 206 for 6, his shot made the difference and allowed us to try to win a total victory. The century will boost his bowling and we hope that he will also be able to play with the ball. "

Brief scores: Punjab 414 out of 156.2 ovs (Mandeep Singh 68, Shubman Gill 56, Sanvir Singh 110, Bandaru Ayyappa 3/78, KV Sharma 3/115) against Andhra 54/3 in 26 games Ricky Bhui 12 batting; Siddarth Kaul 1/14)

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