Unmukt Chand calls Virat Kohli his inspiration - Cricket News Update
Shot to prominence when he led his Under-19 side to victory in the recently concluded 2012 World Cup in Australia, the young Indian batsman Unmukt Chand has called Indian star, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/V-Kohli-c2737, as his cricketing inspiration.
The Under-19 skipper wore a look of Kohli as he scored a brilliant unbeaten century (111*) in the final against defending champion, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746, and charged his country’s march towards its third youth world title.
While the 19-year-old is the latest addition in the glittering list of the batting stars from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/G-Gambhir-c1447) but comparisons with Virat Kohli, under whom the youngster made his domestic ODI debut, were inevitable.
In addition of hailing from the same city, both are right-handers, captains of their respective Under-19 World Cup winning teams and have an identical style of batting approach.
The youngster like Kohli, wears the same swagger and confidence on the pitch, but maintains that the Indian Vice-captain is currently the best batsman in the world.
"I look up to Virat for inspiration. He is a role model for all U-19 cricketers. He has shown us and given us confidence that we all can work hard and move up the grade. From being an U-19 World Cup captain to being India vice-captain, he has been phenomenal,"
said Chand.
Soon after the World Cup triumph, the Indian Under-19 coach, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sanjay-Bhardwaj-c88571, called the young batsman a better player than Gambhir was at his age. "I can't comment about any other player and only talk about myself,” Chand said. “These are words which inspire
you to do better as it's not easy to achieve what he has achieved for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750."
The Under-19 skipper expressed his wish to do well in all formats of the game and wants to build on a promising start to his career by emulating the success achieved by Kohli in international cricket.
“I would rather look at Virat's example. I want to do well in all formats and not give precedence to any one particular format," the right-handed batsman said.
The youngster now heads to the National Cricket Academy (NCA) Bangalore on September 3 to be part of a short camp in preparation for India A team’s tour of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754.
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