While 23-year-old Pesar Ashwani Kumar Kolkata Knight Riders captain Ajinkya Rahane was dismissed as an IPL champion three times in India’s three-time Wankhed three times in India, besides Rinku Singh, Manish Pandey and Andre Russell, besides Rinku Singh, Manish Pandey and Andre Russell.
This was the ride on which his son once used to cover a distance of 11 km, which covered Bindra PCA Stadium to play matches from his village Jhanjeeri.
Harkesh, the owner of one and a half acres of land in the village, could not control his tears with his wife Meena Rani and elder son Shiv Rana.
“Rain or hot sunshine, Ashwani never hesitate to visit PCA in Mohali or later in the new stadium in Mulanpur. In those days when he will return at 10 pm after his training and again the next day to get up to hack the head at 5 am.
Harkesh Kumar Rana, cricketer Ashwani Kumar Rana’s father, his wife Meena, son Shiv Rana, relatives and friends of Ashwani, proudly display Ashwani’s cycle and trophy in a joyous festival, who took 4 wickets on Monday at a joyful festival at his residence in Jhanjari village, Mohali. (Express Photo/Jasbir Malhi)
Dr. as Ashwani’s friends. Jaspreet Soni, Dr. Along with Balajinder Singh and Mohit Rana, 20 other youths started preparing to bring firecrackers to celebrate their friend’s night’s success, was in a hurry to pointing to the government’s senior secondary school in Sony village. It was in 2014 that a young Ashwani started playing cricket on the ground with his friend Aman Thakur. Youngsters, who will play with Abhishek Sharma, Ramandeep Singh and Arshdeep Singh at the PCA Academy in their early years, will start their Ranji for Punjab in 2019.
Elder brother Shiv Rana said, “Ashwani would ask me and other village youth to arrive early in the school grounds in the morning.” Sometimes, he used to go to other cricket grounds near the village to play for local teams and called us again to play in the evening. He used to bowl to friends wearing a normal canvas shoes and chaht Rana, now in Italy, and others will support him with cricket balls and spikes. His passion was to play cricket and today he has worked for all of us. “
The PCA Academy was trained under Ashwani coach Dinesh, Sumit Ohri and former Indian International Pacer VRV Singh. The youth was also a part of the BRV Blasters team that won the Sher-e-Punjab T20 Cup in 2023 in addition to being part of the BRV Blasters team last year. “When he joined to train under the PCA Academy, he had a strong body like children from other village. He bowled and he was taken a smooth bowling action. Both his arms would come to right angles while loading the ball and they had a quick arm action. He had low height.
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Ashwani was also part of the BRV Blasters team, which won the Sher-e-Punjab T20 Cup in 2023 in addition to being part of the BRV Blastors team last year. (Express Photo/Jasbir Malhi)
In two versions of the Sher-e-Punjab Cup, Kumar took 13 wickets and was trained by former International VRV Singh of India. PCA Secretary Dilsher Khanna said, “VRV Singh saw his pace mind and worked to understand the technology of bowling fast. While Harvinder Singh oversee the overall program, VRV helped Ashwani to mold things like his bowling action and use of pace from the pitch.”
Kumar also appeared in tests for Chennai Super Kings, Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals. Back in 2020, Kumar Tennis was suffering from the elbow and stayed away from the game for more than a year. Coach Varinder Singh said, “We worked on his balls, as his balls used to come out already. We also worked on his yorker and he would bowl Indian player Ramandeep Singh in an open trap here in Mohali.”
He said, “He participated in trials for the IPL sides, but he always wanted to be like Jasprit Bumrah and Mitchell Staror. His friends would pool him to get the cricket balls and when he was raised by Mumbai Indians for Rs 30 lakh, he made himself for an academies near his village. The name.
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Mother Meena Kumari knows what Ashwani will ask on her return. “He likes gram flour’s cheela and alu Parathus. He wanted in Mumbai today,” a proud mother laughed and said that she joined the firecrackers.
After winning the Man of the Man of the Match Award, a lot of IPL debutant will walk towards Harsha Bhogle for a chat. He will talk about early nervousness that as soon as he got the ball in hand, he will go away. Bhogle will ask Ashwani to look at the camera and speak the family and friends back home. Without a blink of an eye, the young pacer filled with confidence will do this. “Whenever I got the game, Mai Mere Gon Walon Kov will be proud of Karvunga (whenever I get a game, I will feel proud of my village). Bhogal will shock him to speak in his mother tongue. Ashwani will repeat the same in Punjabi but this time he felt very much in his voice.
