Playing with Prithvi Shaw to conquering tennis-ball cricket: Sumeet Dhekale's story
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Sumit Dhekale started his cricketing journey at 16, playing leather-ball cricket. At the same time, he would also indulge in various kinds of tennis-ball cricket viz box cricket, light-tennis etc. As he became better and better with tennis-ball cricket, the leather-ball cricket took a back seat. However, even today he likes leather-ball cricket better and plays in leather-ball tournaments whenever time permits. There’s an ear-to-ear grin on his face as he recalls winning the Mumbai Premier League with Prithvi Shaw and dancing their hearts out on the team bus. He led the Chennai Singam team in the recently concluded Indian Street Premier League (ISPL) and hopes that tournaments like these will be a boon for tennis-ball cricket. He shares his cricketing journey, memories of playing against Pakistan and the feeling of winning the prestigious Supremo Trophy five times on Kattyawarchya Gappa with Amol Gokhale… सुमित ढेकळेने वयाच्या १६व्या वर्षी लेदरच्या चेंडूवर क्रिकेट खेळायला सुरुवात केली पण त्याचबरोबर तो बॉक्स क्रिकेट, लाईट टेनिस-बॉल, हार्ड टेनिस-बॉल असं टेनिस चेंडूवर खेळलं जाणारं वेगवेगळं क्रिकेट पण खेळायचा. जसं-जसं टेनिस-बॉल क्रिकेटची सुमितची हातोटी वाढली तसं लेदर चेंडूचं क्रिकेट मागे पडलं. पण अजूनही जेव्हा संधी मिळते तेव्हा सुमित लेदर चेंडूवर खेळतो आणि आजही त्याची त्यालाच पसंती आहे. पृथ्वी शॉ बरोबर कशी मुंबई प्रीमियर लीग जिंकली आणि संघाच्या बसमध्ये कसे नाचलो हे सांगताना त्याचा आजही चेहरा खुलतो. इंडियन स्ट्रीट प्रीमियर लीगमध्ये (ISPL) त्याने चेन्नई सिंघम संघाचं कर्णधारपद भूषवलं आणि त्याला अशा आहे कि ह्या स्पर्धेने टेनिस-बॉल क्रिकेटला सुगीचे दिवस येतील. त्याचबरोबर त्याने भारत-पाक सामना खेळण्याचा अनुभव, टेनिस-बॉल विश्वातली मनाची सुप्रीमो ट्रॉफी पाच वेळा जिंकण्याची भावना आणि त्याचा क्रिकेटचा प्रवास उलगडला आहे कट्ट्यावरच्या गप्पांमध्ये अमोल गोखलेबरोबर...
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