Who is Tanmay Baloda, the 14-wicket haul against Australia?

India U19 vs Australia U19: The Indian Under-19 cricket team performed brilliantly in the second unofficial youth Test match played recently at the prestigious Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. The Indian team registered a historic victory by defeating the Australian Under-19 team by a huge margin of 10 wickets. The main hero of this historic victory has been 19-year-old young spinner Tanmay Baloda. In this match, Tanmay troubled the Kangaroos batsmen with his magical spin bowling and created a new history by taking a total of 14 wickets in the entire match.

Match statistics, the Australian team was all out for just 174 runs in the first innings. In this innings, Tanmay Baloda bowled very miserly and bowled 11 maiden overs in 25 overs and took 6 important wickets for just 32 runs. After that, the Indian U-19 team scored a huge score of 315 runs in their first innings, on the basis of which India got a match-winning lead of 141 runs. The Australian team, who came to play under pressure, got trapped in Tanmay's spin trap in the second innings as well and were bowled out for just 151 runs. In the second innings, Tanmay bowled more lethal and took 8 wickets for just 41 runs in 19.5 overs. Due to this performance, the Indian team got an easy target of just 11 runs to win, which the team achieved without any loss in the first over. Thus, Tanmay won everyone's hearts by taking 14 wickets in the entire match.

Who is Tanmay Baloda, who is currently being discussed a lot in the world of cricket? Tanmay is an excellent spin all-rounder player. This talented 19-year-old player bowls left-handed spin and is a right-arm attacking batsman. He was born on August 9, 2008 in the Palwal area of the state of Haryana. Even before this match against Australia, his record has been excellent. He has taken 10 wickets in 2 matches of his first-class career and scored 40 runs. Earlier this year, in the month of January, he took 6 wickets in the match against Assam in the Ranji Trophy and contributed 15 runs. After that, he also took 5 wickets in the match against Bengal and played useful innings of 12 and 13 runs unbeaten in batting. After that, he has now proved his ability by taking 14 wickets in this youth Test against Australia.

You will be surprised to know that this young player from the Rohtak area was initially not selected in the main squad for the series against Australia. However, selected player Rohit Yadav was dropped from the team due to some age-related discrepancies, due to which Tanmay Baloda was included in the squad as a replacement. As soon as he got a chance in the playing XI, this player proved the decision of the selectors one hundred percent correct by performing tremendously.

Tanmay's cricket journey has been very interesting. In the early days, he was a fast bowler. He started playing cricket for Haryana at the Under-16 level as a fast bowler. However, during one of the tournaments, he tried spin bowling in a few matches and got amazing success in it. After this incident, he gave up fast bowling and focused entirely on spin bowling. Tanmay's passion and passion for cricket was so strong that after passing the 10th standard, he took a big risk of giving up formal studies and choosing cricket as his career. His family also saw his son's passion for the game and supported him completely. Today, Tanmay's performance shows that he has lived up to his decision and his family's expectations><