Desai gaon to India U-19 via Bandra: Prem Devkar's life in a fast lane
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Pacer Prem Devkar began his cricketing journey at 13, playing tennis ball cricket in the backyard with his brothers. Even though he tasted success in that format he always aspired to play ‘leather ball’ cricket. But, in Dombivali, he did not get as many opportunities as he would’ve liked. However, his life shifted into a fast lane on December 13, 2022, when he met coach Sanjay Gaitonde. In the past year, he has made the most of the opportunities that came his way. His impressive bowling performances saw him represent Mumbai at the Vinoo Mankad Trophy, and India U-19s for a quadrangular involving England U-19 and Bangladesh U-19 and made it into India’s U-19 World Cup squad as a reserved bowler. Aditya Joshi charts Prem Devkar’s astonishing journey on Kattyavarchya Gappa… प्रेम देवकर डोंबिवलीजवळच्या देसाई गावचा, जिथे त्याने १३व्या वर्षी टेनिस चेंडूवर घरामागच्या मैदानावर क्रिकेट खेळायला सुरुवात केली. वेगवान गोलंदाज असलेल्या प्रेमला डोंबिवलीत टेनिस चेंडूवर चिक्कार यश मिळालं, पण लेदरच्या चेंडूवर क्रिकेट खेळायची संधी काही मिळाली नाही. १३ डिसेंबर २०२२ ला प्रेमचं आयुष्य बदललं, जेव्हा त्याने प्रशिक्षक संजय गायतोंडेंची भेट घेतली. त्यानंतरच्या एका वर्षात त्याच्या प्रगतीचा वेग थक्क करणारा आहे. गाव ते बांद्रा असा किमान दोन तासाचा एकवेळ प्रवास करत त्याने मिळालेल्या संधीचं सोनं करत विनू मंकड ट्रॉफी, चॅलेंजर, आणि इंडिया U-१९ सगळीकडे आपली छाप पाडली. तो आत्ता दक्षिण आफ्रिकेत १९-वर्षाखालील विश्वचषक खेळायला गेलेल्या संघात राखीव खेळाडू आहे. त्याच्या ह्या प्रवासात त्याच्या कुटुंबाचा आणि आग्री समाजाचा खूप मोठा वाटा आहे. प्रेम देवकरचा हा प्रवास उलगडला आहे आदित्य जोशीने कट्ट्यावरच्या गप्पांमध्ये...
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