They have had the opportunity to learn a lot by coming to Mumbai and have started dreaming of the World Cup by watching Nepal's games. It is a great opportunity to understand what the World Cup is like.
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Ramit Karki's mountain home is Darchula. He currently lives in Attariya, Kailali. He has been taking cricket training at CYC Attariya for a year, but he did not pay much attention to it even though he saw the news on the Facebook page of Dhangadhi Cricket Academy (DCA) that the team was going to Mumbai for a tour.
On the advice of his friends, the 16-year-old followed DCA to Dhangadhi. DCA had arranged a tour of Mumbai during the Twenty20 World Cup. DCA, which brought players aged 12 to 16, played against 6 different teams, while DCA players came to the field to watch all four matches played by Nepal in the World Cup.
Ramit has already scored a century during DCA's visit to Mumbai to give exposure to the players and give them international experience. He scored 139 runs in 115 balls against Maria Cricket Academy in the third match on the New Era pitch at Azad Maidan.
'Who wouldn't want to score a century?' When he met him four days later after scoring a century on a red wicket, he was still very excited about the century. He scored a century for the first time playing on a turf wicket. That's why this century is special for him. He knows that what he learned in Mumbai will help him further in the game.
DCA also visited Mumbai in 2015. Lokesh Bam made his debut in Nepali cricket from Mumbai, when he scored 106 runs on the first day of a two-day match against Sindh Sports Club at Azad Maidan. Lokesh was 15 years old at the time. The same Lokesh had brought Nepal close to victory in the first match against England in the Twenty20 World Cup.
Since the ground is big, there is both desire and desire to score well. But when he went to the back foot to bowl a ball that was ahead, he was out. Ramit is also not satisfied because he was out without playing that ball as he should have played it. He is a left-handed batsman. He bowls right-handed. When informed that there is a shortage of left-handed batsmen in Nepali cricket, he smiled and said, ‘Let’s hope so.’
He has learned his weaknesses by playing in Mumbai. He also got the opportunity to understand which shot he is confident in. He plans to go to Nepal and focus on his weaknesses.
He has not been able to watch the match at Kirtipur ground yet. However, he felt happy and proud after coming to the stadium for the first time and watching Nepal's World Cup match. Ramit said, 'I got to see Dipendra Singh Airi and Kusal Bhurtel live for the first time. Kusal is my favorite batter. I like him a lot because he plays classics. I also play classics.' The cost of coming to Mumbai was 60 thousand rupees per player. Half was to be paid by the players and the other half was raised by DCA from its own resources.
Sushil Bogati of the DCA team was 15 years old. He bowls off-spin. Earlier, he used to play in his village. After the Attariya Cricket Academy opened, he went there to train. He says that he came here to play after consulting his family after DCA announced that he was going to Mumbai. Even though his family pressured him to focus on his studies as he had exams coming up, he did not give up on coming to Mumbai.
In the second match played by DCA, he took consecutive hat-trick wickets against Phoenix Sports Club at Patil Mountain View Gymkhana Badlapur. ‘Earlier, I had only played in the nets, but we got to play a big match in Mumbai,’ Sushil told the story of the hat-trick wicket, ‘I got stumped on the first ball, I bowled the ball in the air on the second ball and it got cut and bowled. I bowled the third ball.’ He likes to leave the ball in the air. He says that he is gaining a good experience playing outside his home for the first time.
He is studying at Durga Laxmi Mavi in Attariya and is playing well and hopes to one day bowl against Lokesh Bam. He used to play tennis ball and play leg spin. After watching the game on television, he liked the off-spin. After joining the academy, the seniors told him that he had good bowling, so he has been bowling off-spin ever since.
DCA coach Vijay Rana is surprised that the young player has gotten such good exposure. Lokesh also learned from similar experiences in the past and has now reached the national team, so Rana believes that this will be an inspiration for the players who have come this time. They have been training at DCA for 8-9 months. They have not been able to play except for the academy's practice games. Coach Rana said that this visit of theirs, which had only played inter-school competitions, was very fruitful.
He said, 'The players are getting a chance to learn with each game. What they have learned here, they should go and apply in Nepal. Playing here is very different, many players are playing. You know what struggle is.' All are new players, they are learning well.'
DCA manager Sandeep Bhatt said that his players are having a very unique experience, having only seen Nepal's national players on television and watching them play live in the World Cup. 'They have had the opportunity to learn a lot by coming to Mumbai and have started dreaming of the World Cup by watching Nepal's games. It is a great opportunity for them to understand what the World Cup is like,' Bhatt said. 'We have found them very inspired by watching Nepal's games in the World Cup. They have decided to continue playing to reach this level.'
