Abhigyan Kundu U19 vice captain : The Indian Senior cricket team’s tour of England has started with the Leeds Test. At the same time, soon India’s under-19 team is also going to leave for England. The tour will run from 24 June to 23 July 2025, in which a 50-over warm-up match, five youth ODIs and two multi-day matches will be played. For this tour, a player has been selected in the Indian team who has scored more than 100 centuries in his career and has faced 50 lakh balls.
Indian player’s shocking figures
India’s Under-19 cricket team is ready for the tour of England, and this time Mumbai’s young wicketkeeper-batsman Abhigyan Kundu, who has been made the vice-captain of the team for this tour. The story of Abhigyan Kundu is quite inspiring. His childhood coach claims that Abhigyan Kundu has faced 5 million balls in his career so far. During this, he scored 24,500 runs and scored 122 centuries. After which he has come into a lot of discussions.
17 -year -old Abhigyan Kundu is an emerging cricket stars of Mumbai, who has caught everyone’s attention with his technical batting and wicketkeeping skills. His brilliant performance at domestic cricket and under-19 level gave him the responsibility of vice-captain for this important tour. According to the Times of India, Abhigyan’s coach Chetan Jadhav has claimed that Abhigyan has faced 5 million balls in his career so far. Not only this, he has played several thousand balls to prepare for the tour of England.
Coach Chetan Jadhav’s big claim
Abhigyan’s coach Chetan Jadhav said, ‘I have recorded every single ball, every season and every milestone. He came to me at the age of five and now he is 17 years old. In these 12 years, I have recorded every stroke of it. We practice daily from 10 am to 10 pm. He plays 5 to 6 thousand balls in the nets. His Yo Yo Test is 17.2.
According to the coach of Abhigyan, he has played 700 matches across the country so far. Which includes 14 double centuries, 2 triple centuries and 2 400 runs. He has scored most of the centuries in Mumbai. Now he is ready to leave his mark on England tour.
