After playing a stormy innings against Delhi Capitals, young KKR batsman Angkrish Raghuvanshi has said that the ‘key person’ behind his success was Abhishek Nair, who has been training him since childhood. Angkrish made his debut as an impact player in the last match against RCB, but did not get a chance to bat.
The 18-year-old was sent in to bat at No. 3 during the match against DC and he grabbed the opportunity with both hands when he got it alongside Sunil Narine. Both these batsmen attacked the Delhi bowlers in such a way that their bowlers could never recover from it.
Angkrish made a partnership of 104 runs with Sunil Narine and scored his IPL half-century while batting for the first time, thanks to the innings of both of them, KKR scored 272 runs in their 20 overs. Raghuvanshi scored 54 runs in just 27 balls. After the match, he dedicated this innings to Nair and the rest of the players of the KKR team.
Angkrish dedicated his first half-century of IPL to his coach.
Speaking after the match, Angkrish revealed that it was Nair who trained him to play shots in the T20 format and had been working with him since childhood. He said, “I want to dedicate this innings to my coach Abhishek Nair and my teammates and support staff. I have learned a lot by being with him. Abhishek sir has been working with me since childhood. All this reverse sweep and everything, he made me practice a lot, so the main person is only him.”
After that Angkrish also said that he hopes that he will debut for Team India soon and he claimed that he wants to do something different by doing so. Angkrish said that, “My dream is obviously to wear the Indian jersey. But it has to be worn as if no one has ever worn it before. Everyone will look at me and say, I am different.”