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India's young guns make their mark in IPL
Published on Wed, May 14, 2008 at 13:19 in Sports section
Tags: Cricket, Indian Premier League , New Delhi
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Manpreet Gony:
When television commentators spoke about a certain Gony in Chennai Super Kings, viewers confused the name with Mahendra Singh Dhoni, the captain of the side.
Instead, a strapping, six feet four inches, broad shouldered, fast bowler was seen marking his line-up. Since their first match against Kings XI Punjab, Gony has made a mark with both ball and bat.
The Punjab pacer, with 11 wickets from nine matches, has emerged as one of the best strike bowlers in the tournament.
Gony has a smooth run-up to the wicket and can extract considerable movement off the pitch. His performance for Punjab was average this season and was not the first-choice pacer of Super Kings, who preferred Uttar Pradesh's Sudip Tyagi. Injury forced Tyagi out of the tournament and that proved a boon for Gony.
Wriddhiman Saha:
The wicketkeeper batsman of Knight Riders has shown that he can hold his own in the big league. Saha got a place in the Bengal Ranji team last season when the team saw an exodus of players to the rebel Indian Cricket League led by former India wicketkeeper-batsman Deep Das Gupta, who was also the captain of the Bengal team.
Saha grabbed the opportunity with both hands and struck a century on the debut against Assam.
When Knight Riders were down in the dumps at 50/5 while chasing 178 by Kings XI Punjab, Saha scored an explosive half-century in 28 balls that included four sixes and almost saw the team through. Saha has also kept well and has taken some good catches in the tournament.
Swapnil Asnodkar:
The pint-sized Asnodkar resembles Romesh Kaluwitharana with his batting style. Asnodkar opened the batting for Rajasthan Royals in the first few matches and attacked the bowlers right from the start. The Goa batsman scored a match-winning 34-ball 60 against Knight Riders.
Asnodkar has been scoring runs consistently in domestic season for six years now and has been the leading run-getter for Goa in last four seasons. IPL is just the kind of platform that could give a boost to his career.
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Dhawal Kulkarni, Badrinath, Rajat Bhatia should be included in the list
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