RANJI TROPHY | Rishav happy at his starring position in Jharkhands win

Off-spinner Rishav Raj, who starred with 4 for 49 within the second innings in Jharkhand’s innings win over Tamil Nadu within the Ranji Trophy right here on Saturday, mentioned it felt “excellent and wonderful” to have contributed to his workforce’s victory on his First Class debut. ​

“I wasn’t pondering that my debut can be this good! It’s like unreal for me! It’s going to be very memorable for me!” he gushed after the match.

Saying that the wicket “wasn’t that useful,” he added that he caught to the plan advised by his coach Sunny Gupta, a former Jharkhand and Tamil Nadu off-spinner.

“All the credit score goes to my coach. He’s helped me so much with my bowling. He’s been with me season after season. It’s been a tremendous journey,” he mentioned.

The 24-year-old talked about that he “picked up cricket” due to his father, who’s very within the sport and used to share tales about legendary gamers like Sachin Tendulkar and Kapil Dev.

“He all the time appeared very comfortable, sharing these tales and speaking cricket with me on the whole. So, I all the time really feel that I need to give him the identical happiness (by enjoying properly). That’s my primary objective. I hope my dad and mom are pleased with me,” he mentioned.

Rishav expressed his want to proceed performing properly within the ongoing season and construct on the success of his debut match.