Himanshu Sangwan bowled Virat Kohli for six runs© X (Twitter)
Himanshu Sangwan is a reputation that Indian cricket followers are going to recollect for a very long time. The pacer spoiled Virat Kohli‘s highly-anticipated Ranji Trophy return by dismissing him for simply 6 runs. Followers flocked in hundreds on the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi for the Delhi vs Railways conflict however Kohli’s keep on the pitch lasted for simply 15 balls. For the 5000-odd crowd that assembled right here to observe Kohli play for the staff he final featured for 13 years in the past, the enjoyable did not final for lengthy. Kohli’s off-stump was up-rooted by Railways pacer Himanshu Sangwan within the twenty eighth over of Delhi’s first innings, a majority of them took no time to exit the Arun Jaitley Stadium.
Who’s Himanshu Sangwan?
The 29-year-old pacer was born in Delhi on September 2, 1995. He went on to make his Listing A debut for Railways in 2019, enjoying for the staff within the 2019-20 Vijay Hazare Trophy on 27 September. Himanshu then made his T20 debut within the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy on November 8 earlier than getting his first red-ball outing with Railways on December 09 in Ranji Trophy on December 9.
A constant performer, Himanshu arrived within the Ranji Trophy match towards Delhi with 77 first-class wickets to his identify. He has already featured in 23 Ranji Trophy matches to his identify. Within the white-ball format, Himanshu has scalped 21 Listing A wickets from 17 matches and 5 T20 wickets from seven matches.
Forward of first home red-ball look since November 2012, Kohli had educated with former India coach Sanjay Bangar to iron out flaws in his batting that crept up on the tour of Australia.
Extra particularly, it was the ball outdoors the off-stump that haunted the previous India captain on the two-month lengthy tour Down Underneath.
Kohli got here out to bat to a loud reception following the leg earlier than dismissal of Yash Dhull at about 10.30am native time, which was an hour into day’s play.
After gathering two singles, Kohli determined to dominate the opposition — right-arm pacer Sangwan on this explicit over.
Standing manner outdoors the crease, Kohli disdainfully dispatched Sangwan in direction of the straight boundary.
It was nonetheless the primary session and the ball was doing a bit however in his try and dominate Sangwan, the very subsequent ball, Kohli went for an expansive drive off a very good size supply however missed it utterly to see his off-stump shattered.
With PTI Inputs
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