Indian, S African greats give tips to young cricketers in Indore

India and South Africa teams gave some bowling and batting tips to local budding cricketers at Indore’s Holkar Satidium during a practice session on the eve of the one-dayer.

India and South Africa teams gave some bowling and batting tips to local budding cricketers at Indore’s Holkar Satidium during a practice session on the eve of the one-dayer, Maharaja Yeshwantrao Cricket Club and Cricket Club of India (CCI) members said on Tuesday.

The U-19 players, who bowled to Team India players during the practice session, at Holkar Stadium on Tuesday. (Arun Mondhe/HT photo)

Suyash Jain, 20, of the CCI said playing with international greats was like a dream come true. So far, the locals saw the Dhoni and his brigade and Protease on television.

“But, today we bowled them during a practice session to our satisfaction,” medium pacer Jain, 20, said.

He is a second year engineering student and described his bowling to Jean-Paul Duminy, Dale Steyn and Protease as a precious and memorable experience for him and other local cricketers.

He, like others, was a bit nervous in the beginning. “But, once I started bowling to Duminy, everything was fine. Imran Tahir, the new spin sensation, shared some important bowling tips with me which will be a great help in future,” he said.

Shashank, who later bowled Amit Mishra in the nets and then clicked a selfie with Rohit (Sharma). He said Team India opening batsman advised him to work harder to excel as a cricketer than taking selfies.

“It is like a guru mantra for many of us and we will stick to it,” he said.