India U-19 head coach Hrishikesh Kanitkar is confident that at least a couple of players from the 2024 batch will go on to play for the senior team.
Ramesh Powar was appointed for his second stint in May 2021 and the Indian team didn't have too many noteworthy performances under his tutelage save the silver at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.
ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup: India head coach Hrishikesh Kanitkar had special praise for Yash Dhull, who will be captaining the national side in the showpiece event.
Hrishikesh Kanitkar played two Tests and 34 ODIs, is best remembered for his heroics in the final match of the Independence Cup against Pakistan in 1998.
Hrishikesh Kanitkar scored over 8,000 runs in the Ranji Trophy, inclusive of 28 centuries. He played two Tests and 34 One-Day Internationals (ODI). Ajay Ratra represented India in six Tests and 12 ODIs, and was a consistent performer at the domestic level
Hrishikesh Kanitkar, who represented India in 2 Tests and 34 ODIs in his three-year-long international career, will always be remembered for his match-winning boundary against Saqlain Mushtaq in the side's memorable win over Pakistan at Dhaka in January 1998.
Baroda needed a win to advance to the quarterfinal stage but were simply outplayed by a better pace attack of Rajasthan led by Chahar Singh and Pankaj Singh who took nine and seven wickets respectively in the match at Sawai Mansingh Stadium.
Pankaj Singh took 4 for 41 for Rajasthan. S Badrinath (50), Ramaswamy Prasanna (56 batting) and Vijay Shankar (57 batting) hit half-centuries for Tamil Nadu.
Chasing 361 to win, Rajasthan batted out the whole day, scoring 253 for six with at least three batsmen scoring half-centuries.
Sundaram, who has the distinction of taking ten wickets in an innings in a Ranji Match, said bowling more and more overs in the nets is key to a fast bowlers' success.