Eight players of Uttarakhand Cricket Association have been selected for IPL auction. Association secretary Mahim Verma said that the selected players include Akash Madhwal, Rajan Singh, Swapnil Singh, Yuvraj Chaudhary, Sanskar Rawat, Akhil Singh Rawat, Prashant Chauhan and Avnish Sudha. Avnish Sudha, a resident of Garhi Negi in Udham Singh Nagar, played an unbeaten innings of 118 runs in 60 balls at a strike rate of 196.67 in the Uttarakhand Premier League. Young wicketkeeper and left-handed batsman Sanskar Rawat, who caught everyone’s attention with his brilliant batting in the UPL, hails from village Kandola in Pauri. He has been appointed captain of Uttarakhand Under 23 for the Colonel CK Nayudu Trophy 2024-25. Rawat has also performed brilliantly for Uttarakhand in Under 19, Under 23 and Under 25. In the UPL, Yuvraj Chaudhary from Udham Singh Nagar caught everyone’s attention by scoring 103 runs and taking 2 wickets in bowling and was selected as the Player of the Final. Akash Madhwal, a resident of Dhandera, Roorkee, is a right-handed batsman and medium pace bowler. Akash has played for Uttarakhand and Mumbai Indians. He is the first player from Uttarakhand to play in the IPL. Madhwal has played with famous Indian team player Rishabh Pant under the guidance of coach Avtar Singh.
Ranji match: Yash Chaudhary’s brilliant century, Uttarakhand still 313 runs behind
Dehradun: Uttarakhand’s Yash Chaudhary’s unbeaten 144 runs helped Uttarakhand score 347 runs for 9 wickets in reply to Rajasthan’s 660 runs. Aniket Chaudhary took four wickets, Ajay Singh three and Deepak Chahar two wickets for Rajasthan. By the end of the third day’s play, Yash Chaudhary was at the crease with 144 runs and Devendra Singh Bora with 0 runs. Let us tell you that till now only one match has been played between Rajasthan and Uttarakhand in Ranji, in which Uttarakhand had won. On Friday, on the third day of the Ranji match being played between Rajasthan and Uttarakhand at Abhimanyu Cricket Academy ground, Uttarakhand started playing at 109 runs after losing two wickets. Uttarakhand did not have a good start on the third day. The team could add only one run to its account when the in-form captain R Samarth was out on a personal score of 51 runs. He was dismissed by Aniket Chaudhary. After this, Swapnil Singh and Yash Chaudhary took the score forward. There was a partnership of 47 runs between the two. Swapnil was also out on Ajay Singh’s ball on a personal score of 36 runs. At that time the team’s score was 157 runs. Wicket keeper Aditya Tare (28) and Abhimanyu (6) could not do anything special. Abhay Negi scored 19 runs for the team. Deepak Dhapola scored 10 runs. At the end of the third day’s play, Yash Chaudhary was unbeaten on 144 off 227 balls and Devendra Singh Bora was at the crease with 0 runs. At present, Uttarakhand’s team is about 313 runs behind Rajasthan.
