SRINAGAR: While Kashmiri cricketer Manzoor Dar’s alias Pandav made entry into the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2018, another Kashmiri cricketer has been selected to represent a IPL team in the competition.
A Kashmiri Pandit Siddarth Kaul has been selected to once again represent the Sunrisers Hyderabad in the cash-rich competition. Kaul has been an IPL veteran of sorts and has impressed highly for his side Sunrisers.
Siddarth Kaul will be playing for the Hyderabad outfit and was roped in for a hefty amount of Rs 3.2 crore in the recently concluded player auction.
With the entry of more Kashmiris in the recognized cricket leagues, Kashmir is witnessing increase in its youth icons. While Dar’s selection in Kings XI Punjab was highly touted as an exemplary feat put forth as a role model for the youth and the budding cricketers in Kashmir, Kaul, who has achieved heights in the professional circuit having represented the country on the top level is an another exemplary feat .
Manzoor Dar known as uncapped Indian Explosive batsman was picked by Kings XI Punjab at his base price of Rs 20 lakh. He became ‘the only Kashmiri’ cricketer to be picked in the mega-auction. Dar got his breakthrough in the competition courtesy to his impressive performances with the bat in the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy.
However Kaul rose to fame in the U-19 World Cup under Captain Virat Kohli when he asserted his prominence as a death over specialist. He was roped in by the Kolkata Knight Riders but failed to make it into the first team.
He has played three seasons of the IPL with the last season being one of his best. He picked up 16 wickets in ten games for the SRH while donning the role of a domestic seam specialist alongside the likes of Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Trent Boult. He represents Punjab in the Ranji Trophy and has had a decent run in the domestic season playing for Punjab and has been with the Sunrisers Hyderabad for the last two years.
Dar and Kaul, both are the heroes of Jammu & Kashmir who deserves all the praises and equal applauds.
Pertinently over the past few days a host of Indian players, who bagged big contracts in the recently concluded Indian Premier League (IPL) player auction 2018, have been the talk of the town.
The likes of Jaydev Undakat, KL Rahul and Manish Pandey went for big bucks on their respective sides. The auction also saw IPL get it’s first ever Nepalese player in Sandeep Lamichhane who will be playing for the Delhi Daredevils.
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