Ramesh Kumar’s Cricket Journey
Who Is Ramesh Kumar and Why has a Tenis Ballplayer is been picked in IPL? – There are many questions that are revolving around this player. Ramesh Kumar is a left-handed batsman who is very much popular for his six-hitting ability in tennis cricket and also he is a popular YouTube star. In this article, we have discussed Ramesh Kumar’s Cricket Journey From Tennis Ball Sensation To IPL 2022.
In the recent IPL Mega Auctions 2022, Kolkata Knight Riders have picked Ramesh Kumar for a base price of 20 Lakh. Basically, this player is from Punjab and he has a separate fan base in Tennis-ball cricket – He is also popularly known as ‘Narine Jalalabad’ and once blasted a 10-ball 50 in a local tournament.
He is currently 23 years old and a left-handed batsman and bowler – It was known that Ramesh has gone to KKR player trials and this has impressed them enough. And the interesting part is he is yet to play his professional cricket.
He has been picked into KKR’s main squad – but the main here is will be picked in the playing 11 or not?
His father works as a cobbler and his mother sells bangles by travels across villages in Punjab’s Fazilka district. Ramesh and his family were very happy after hearing the news and he has finally convinced his parents to end their struggles.
In a recent interview, Ramesh expressed his joy and said – “They have finally agreed to not work anymore. I never wanted them to do this work in the first place but it had to be done out of necessity. Life has not changed yet paaji, life will change when I perform in the IPL. The way I see it, I have finally got the platform I needed,”
He has recalled his past time when used to travel places for making just 500-1000 in a day during tennis ball tournaments.
He has also added – “You must have seen my videos (on youtube) paaji. I am basically a tennis ballplayer. Since I could turn the ball away and turn back in, people advised me to play with the leather ball. They would say ‘you might make it big’. But I didn’t have the support that I need to pursue the game professionally. I used to play an odd leather ball game but mainly it was all tennis ball cricket.”
Ramesh has planned to use his IPL money for the education of his younger brothers.
Speaking about his remuneration in Tennis ball cricket he said – “It started with me playing all across Punjab. When I performed, I got calls from other states too. Sometimes I made 500 in a day, sometimes it was 1000. It was just about enough to run the house and manage my travel expenses,”
Ramesh has a dream to play for Team India but it’s going to be a long ride and he feels this is the first step towards the journey.
He has concluded by saying – “Paaji I used to bowl with Cosco ball which is very light. The leather ball is much heavier and it is harder to make it turn but I am slowly getting better. I am sure the IPL stint will help my game in a big way,”
Kolkata Knight Riders Squad For IPL 2022:
Andre Russell, Varun Chakravarthy, Venkatesh Iyer, Sunil Narine, Pat Cummins, Nitish Rana, Shreyas Iyer, Shivam Mavi, Sheldon Jackson, Ajinkya Rahane, Rinku Singh, Anukul Roy, Rasikh Dar, Baba Indrajith, Chamika Karunaratne, Abhijeet Tomar, Pratham Singh, Ashok Sharma, Sam Billings, Alex Hales, Tim Southee, Ramesh Kumar, Umesh Yadav, Mohammad Nabi, Aman Khan
