Yash Dhull: I want to be an all-format player like Virat Kohli, says Yash Dhull after scoring century on Ranji Trophy debut | Cricket News

NEW DELHI: When Yash Dhull, the captain of the 2022 World Cup-winning Indian Beneath-19 crew, walked out to the center at Guwahati’s Barsapara Cricket Stadium for his maiden outing in first-class cricket for Delhi, he had left the ‘World Cup-winning captain’ tag behind. He wasn’t complacent. He wasn’t nervous. All he wished to do was dwell within the second.
Dhull, forward of the toss, was requested to open the batting in opposition to the Vijay Shankar-led Tamil Nadu. The 19-year-old, who got here to bat at No. 4 within the u-19 World Cup matches, needed to cope with one other problem. However he accepted it.
He opened the batting with Dhruv Shorey and shortly noticed the latter falling for 1. Himmat Singh, the No. 3 batter, too departed with out troubling the scorers, leaving Delhi reeling at 7-2.
Dhull, a first-class debutant, stayed centered and continued to speed up Delhi’s run charge and slammed a powerful ton in his first assembly with the pink cherry in aggressive senior degree cricket. The teen scored 113 runs off 150 balls, together with 18 fours.

Yash Dhull (PTI Picture)
It was nothing in need of a dream begin for Dhull.
” Sirf ball ka color hello to alter hua hai, sport to wahi khelna hai (Solely the color of the ball has modified, the sport is similar). It is regular for me. I simply wished to go and specific myself. I did not really feel any strain. I went there with a free thoughts. The perfect factor was that I trusted my very own model of play,” Dhull advised TimesofIndia.com in an unique interview.
“I need to be an all-format participant like Virat bhaiya (Virat Kohli). He’s a legend of the sport. He has dominated all of the three codecs. I additionally need to be the very best in all three codecs. He’s my inspiration,” Dhull additional mentioned.
Dhull’s knock was applauded by the seniors and coaches from the dressing room. His thrilling innings lastly got here to finish when he tried to play throughout the road and was dismissed lbw by M Mohammed.

“It was my debut however I wasn’t nervous. I’ve captained India to a World Cup win and that match taught me lots. The u-19 World Cup taught me how one can deal with strain and carry out in crunch conditions and that is what helped me on my Ranji debut. I did not let that debut strain have an effect on me mentally,” he mentioned.

“I spoke with my coach Rajesh sir and seniors like Anuj bhaiya (Anuj Rawat) and Rajkumar sir forward of the Ranji debut they usually mentioned it’s all concerning the mindset. Rajesh sir mentioned – ‘be calm, go and bat the best way you might have been batting’. He mentioned – ‘you’re a World Cup-winning captain and you’ve got already carried out on the greatest stage so this shall be a simple experience for you’. He requested me not to consider it in any respect. I went to the center with out considering that it’s my debut and it labored. I used to be mentally robust,” he added.

Picture credit score: Yash Dhull
Dhull’s childhood coach Rajesh Nagar additionally defined how he motivated his scholar forward of his large debut day.
“Yash has been a middle-order batsman. He has opened the batting in Delhi league matches just a few occasions. He known as and mentioned the crew wished him to open the batting. He was excited and nervous too because it was the primary time that he was requested to open the batting in aggressive cricket. I advised him to present himself a while on the crease, and the runs would come routinely,” Nagar advised TimesofIndia.com.