Cricket always throws up names that become household after one or two good seasons be it internationally or domestically. The Indian Premier League over the years has thrown up names that have made the fans fall in love with the player and also the story the player brings about. Last year it was T. Natarajan from Chennai who is playing for Sunrisers Hyderabad to become a national icon and post his international debut the 29 year old left armer has become an icon to say the least. This year the story of Chetan Sakariya will move the cricket fans as here is a young man who has paid his dues in more ways than one and got to fulfill his dreams of playing in the IPL.
Doing the hard yards to get to IPL-
Born in the year 1998 on February 28th the left arm seamer from Saurashtra had to face a lot of tough times in getting to rub his shoulders with some of the best in the history of the game. He made his debut for Saurashtra aged 20 in the Ranji Trophy and till now has played 15 games and picked 41 wickets. In the domestic T20’s he has played 16 games and picked 28 wickets with one five wicket haul at an economy of 7 runs per over. Today he picked the wicket of Indian test batsman Mayank Agarwal to finally get his dream moment and finally have a smile on his face for all the hard work he has put in.
Few unknown facts about Chetan Sakariya
- Chetan Sakariya’s father has to travel far to watch his son play as they don’t have a television at home
- November 20th marked the Ranji Debut of Chetan Sakariya and his first wicket was opener Samit Gohel for 8. He finished with 5 for 83 in his debut game.
- Chetan Sakariya had a great Vijay Hazare trophy where ended up with 12 wickets to his kitty.
- Sakariya was a star performer in the age group cricket and had the opportunity to train at the MRF pace foundation.
- Sakariya picked 29 wickets in the Ranji Season which saw Saurashtra win the title under Jaydev Unadkat.
