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Angkrish Raghuvanshi's coach Abhishek Nair : Angkrish Raghuvanshi of Kolkata Knight Riders scored a half-century against Delhi Capitals in IPL 2024 yesterday. With this, Raghuvanshi became the seventh youngest batsman to score a half-century in IPL history at the age of 18 years and 303 days. Along with this, Raghuvanshi has written not only her name but also her guru's name in golden letters.
Angkrish's success lies behind his guru's hand
After scoring a half-century against Delhi Capitals, KKR's Angkrish Raghuvanshi said that the reason for his success is Abhishek Nair, who has been training him since childhood. Angkrish made an impressive debut in the last match against RCB, but did not get a chance to bat. He was promoted to No. 3 during the match against DC where he along with Sunil Narine destroyed the DC bowling attack.
First IPL dedicated to fifty coaches
Angkrish made a 104-run partnership with Sunil Narine and scored his first IPL half-century. KKR scored 272 runs in 20 overs. Angkrish scored 54 runs in just 27 balls. During this, he also hit 5 fours and 3 sixes. After the match, he dedicated his innings to Nair and the rest of the KKR staff.
Best shots taught by coach
Angkrish hit a six with a brilliant reverse sweep shot and revealed that Abhishek Nair had trained him to play such shots and he had been working with him since childhood. Angkrish said, “I would like to dedicate this innings to my coach Abhishek Nair and my teammates and support staff. I have learned a lot by being with him. Abhishek sir has been working with me since childhood. He made me practice many shots like reverse sweeps.”
Abhishek Nair himself handed over the debut cap
Abhishek Nair also gave debut cap to Angakrishna. Abhishek Nair is the assistant coach of KKR. Angkrish's father had once said about this, “We are very fortunate that he learned under Abhishek's coaching and is now playing in the same team with him.” Talking about his ultimate goal, Angkrish said, “To wear the Indian jersey and in a way that no one has worn it before. Everyone will look at me and say, I am different.