Tanmay Baloda 14 Wickets: India won the second Youth Test played at Narendra Modi Stadium by 10 wickets within two and a half days. The hero of this victory of Team India was Tanmay Baloda who took a total of 14 wickets in the match.
Tanmay Baloda 14 Wickets: The Indian Under-19 men’s cricket team has whitewashed Australia 2-0 in the Youth Test series. India has won the second Youth Test played at Narendra Modi Stadium by 10 wickets within two and a half days. The hero of this victory of Team India was Tanmay Baloda who took a total of 14 wickets in the match. This is the best bowling record in any youth test. Tanmay took 6 wickets in the first innings and 8 wickets in the second. During this period he spent 73 runs in the match.
Who is Tanmay Baloda?
18 year old Tanmay Baloda comes from Haryana. This Rohtak-born cricketer was included in the team as a replacement for the Youth Test series against Australia. He is a left-arm orthodox spinner and right-handed batsman. Recently, he has created history by performing brilliantly in the Youth Test match against Australia Under-19 by taking a total of 14 wickets in a single match. According to reports, Tanmay was initially a fast bowler, later he became a spinner. He has been playing cricket for 8 years.
Tanmay plays for Haryana in Ranji.
After passing 10th class, when Tanmay’s parents were confused about his career, he left studies and chose cricket. His parents also helped him in this. However, it took time for Tanmay to achieve success in age level cricket. Apart from this, he has made his Ranji debut for Haryana at the senior level. He played two matches in the last season of Ranji Trophy. He took 5 wickets in the debut match against Assam. Then in the second match against Bengal also he took 5 wickets. Tanmay is part of the Haryana team for the upcoming season of Ranji Trophy.
Tanmay Baloda wreaked havoc
In the second Youth Test match, Australia Under-19 team was bundled out for only 174 runs in the first innings. Tanmay Baloda bowled lethally in the first innings and took 6 wickets for 32 runs in 25 overs. He completely destroyed the middle and lower orders of Australia. In reply, India scored 315 runs in the first innings and took a lead of 141 runs. After this, in the second innings, Baloda completely pushed the Kangaroo team on the back foot by taking 8 wickets. The result was that the entire Australian team was limited to 151 runs in the second innings. After this, India easily achieved the target of 11 runs and won the match by 10 wickets.