Tejasvi: Another rising star in DPL who’s hoping to make the massive league

If the opening version of the Delhi Premier League (DPL) paved the best way for the likes of Priyansh Arya, Digvesh Rathi and Vansh Bedi to be picked by IPL franchises, the second season is propelling Tejasvi Dahiya into the highlight as a wicketkeeper-batter of promise.

Tejasvi, a 23-year-old who trains below famend coach Sanjay Bhardwaj, is among the many event’s high ten run-getters with 197 in six matches at a strike price of 172.81. In successive run chases final week for South Delhi Superstarz, the middle-order batter demonstrated critical six-hitting prowess in addition to the flexibility to deal with the stress of a climbing asking price.

He was notably spectacular towards Outer Delhi Warriors on August 15. Having entered at 23 for 3 whereas pursuing 140 in a rain-curtailed 16 overs-per-side conflict, he responded in stirring vogue with an unbeaten 70 off 33 balls. That 5 of his six sixes got here within the closing two overs when 34 runs have been nonetheless required with three wickets in hand was a testomony to his temperament.

“When I began taking part in, my function mannequin was Virender Sehwag. I used to be a naturally aggressive batter because of this. Then after I began wicketkeeping, I most well-liked watching M.S. Dhoni. From him, I learnt that I want to remain aggressive but in addition take calculated dangers,” he mentioned in a media interplay on Tuesday.

On debut for Delhi within the Vijay Hazare Trophy – the home 50-over occasion – final 12 months, he cracked a 78-ball 114 towards Tripura in Hyderabad.

He caught the attention of Sunrisers Hyderabad’s scouts earlier than this 12 months’s IPL, and is ready to attend Chennai Super Kings’ trials later this 12 months. “In the SRH trials, I hit 5 sixes in an over. My title got here up within the accelerated public sale, however sadly I wasn’t picked.”

If he continues in the identical vein within the DPL, an opportunity within the huge league might not be distant.