Ecstatic after earning his maiden Test call up on Sunday, for the final Test against England in Nagpur, Delhi seamer http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Parvinder-Awana-c80792 has said that he was confident his good show in the Ranji Trophy would not go unnoticed.
Awana, alongside another uncapped http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Piyush-c82317 Chawla, was yesterday picked up by the national selectors for the series decider against the Poms, starting in Nagpur on Thursday, December 13, 2012.
The 26-year-old http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Z-Khan-c98379 in the squad, who was largely ineffective in the third Test at Eden Gardens, taking only one wicket in 31 overs, and was a slow liability in the field.
Awana earns the maiden Test call up on the back of an impressive show in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kumar-Shri-Ranjitsinhji-c71870 Trophy, where he has taken 23 Ranji wickets at an average of 22.65 this season, including the figures of 5 for 81 against Karnataka a day before the selection meeting. The last three Ranji fixtures saw the right-arm medium pacer picking up 14 wickets, and has already taken seven wickets in the ongoing match against Karnataka in Bangalore.
While speaking to media reporters after being named in the squad for the final Test against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013, Awana said that he was confident his good performances in first class cricket would not go in vain.
"I knew that my good performances in the Ranji Trophy won't go in vain," the 26-year-old Delhi pacer told PTI over telephone from Bangalore. "Since I had back-to-back five-wicket hauls and I have been taking wickets, I felt there is an outside chance. It's only that you don't know till you officially hear it," he added further.
Awana shared that he got the news of selection at the crease, batting for Delhi in the first innings of the ongoing match against Karnataka.
"It's the biggest moment of my life but didn't I work hard all this while for this day," said an emotional Awana, who smashed 74 runs to help Delhi take a first-innings lead against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Karnataka-c801.
"Wearing the India A http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Adrian-Roger-Kirshaw-Pierson-c42135 to what I have been doing well so far," the soft-spoken lad concluded.
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