SRINAGAR: The skipper of J&K under-19 cricket team, Qamran Iqbal has been selected for India Under-19 B team for the quadrangular series starting in Lucknow from September 12.
BCCI selectors on Tuesday announced its Under-19 squads for the series and Under-19 Asian Cup. The selectors have announced two teams, India Under-19 A and B for the series. The India U-19 A and B will take on Nepal and Afghanistan in the tournament. Pavan Shah will lead India A side while Vedant Murker will captain India B.
Qamran Iqbal who has been part of India Under-19 coaching camp from last one month impressed selectors with his talent and commitment towards the game. In the B-team, talented J&K cricketer Qamran Iqbal has been included.
Qamraan who hails from Safakadal, Srinagar is an aggressive right-handed opener who is known for playing shots all around the park. He averaged about 60 in the zonal matches before getting picked for the India B team.
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Qamraan was part of NCA camp where top 30 cricketers of the country were being trained. His entry to the side is largely due to his consistent performances at the Under-19 level. He has been part of training camp under Irfan Pathan in Sheri-Kashmir cricket stadium before being selected for Under-19 India coaching camp. The junior Pathan mentored him and was also having private net sessions with the talented cricketer.
“Firstly, I want to thank Almighty then my family. I am feeling joyful as this is the best moment of my cricketing career, so far,” Qamraan told as quoted by the SportsKeeda soon after he received the national selection call.
Qamraan credits his success to his father, “He has always motivated me and I owe this achievement to him,” He said
Qamraan who hails from Srinagar captained J&K U-19 team previous season and was the highest run-getter from his side.
He has been attending ZCA and NCA camps continuously from past three years,”I attended multiple camps from past few years and thankfully have done well enough in the majority of the matches, I played,” He further said.
Qamraan, 17 is confident of good performances in the series, “I will give my best and would try to perform well. It would surely be a dream series for me and I am confident of doing well,” He claimed.
He aims to play for team India one day, “Like every cricketer, I too want to play for the national team in future. This is though just a beginning for me and I would try to avail this opportunity to make it bigger,” Qamraan revealed while signing off.
With this stint, Qamraan became the third cricketer from J&K to found himself in the National Under-19 team.
The squads for the series are as under: India U19 A: Pavan Shah (Captain), Devdutt Padikkal, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Anuj Rawat (wicket-keeper), Prab Simran Singh (wicket-keeper), Yash Rathod, Ayush Badoni, Nehal Wadhera, Siddharth Desai, Harsh Tyagi, Ajay Dev Goud, Yatin Mangwani, Mohit Jangra, Sameer Choudhary, Rajesh Mohanty
India U19 B: Vedant Murkar (Captain & wicket-keeper), Thakur Tilak Verma, Qamran Iqbal, Vamsi Krishna, Pradosh Ranjan Paul, Rishab Chouhan, Siddhant Rana, Sayan Kumar Biswas (wicket-keeper), Shubhang Hegde, Rizvi Sameer, Pankaj Yadav, Akash Singh, Ashok Sandhu, Aayush Singh, Nitish Reddy, Sabir Khan, Sahil Raj, Rajvardhan Hangargekar
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