Net gain for youngsters

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Delhi Daredevils coach Eric Simons at a training camp to select young net bowlers in New Delhi.

The Delhi Daredevils picked as many as nine youngsters to be among their net bowlers, ahead of the Indian Premier League Season Six that begins on April 3. Selection was done by the Daredevils’ coaching staff led by team mentor T.A. Sekar and head coach Eric Simons.

The nine boys, all from different schools, say they were keen to get into action.
“It will be a dream come true to be able to bowl to the Delhi Daredevils batsmen this season,” said Kulachi Hansraj Model School’s leg-spinner Hiten Dalal.
The boys — chosen from the inaugural Fast Trax Daredevils Schools Cup in December last — underwent a two-day training camp, following which the Daredevils coaches identified five fast medium bowlers, two leg-spinners and two off-spinners.
“We believe this is one way of contributing to the society in which we play our cricket,” Sekar said. “We were impressed by the talent shown by these boys and believe they can learn a great deal when bowling to some of our batsmen at the nets this season.
“It is unfortunate that we could not include the batsmen and other bowlers.”

The bowlers selected are medium-fast: Vishwas Malik (Kulachi Hansraj Model School), Suraj Rai (Salwan Boys Senior Secondary School), Vineet Kumar (Ravindra Public School), Sachin Roy (Ravindra Public School) and Sarang Rawat (Modern School). Leg-spinners: Hiten Dalal (Kulachi Hansraj Model School) and Naveen Yadav (Vidya Jain Public School). Off-spin bowlers: Vikas Dikshit (Kulachi Hansraj Model School) and Jatin Dalal (Ganga International).