XtraTime Web Desk: The ongoing Indian Premier League has already witnessed some great young talents like Priyam Garg, Ravi Bishnoi, Virat Singh, Abhishek Sharma, Devdutt Padikkal to name a few. Adding to that list was young fast bowler Kartik Tyagi who made his debut in the cash rich league for Rajasthan Royals in the game against Mumbai Indians on Tuesday. The 19 year old fast bowler from Hapur, Uttar Pradesh had a decent outing against a power-packed MI batting line up. He returned with figures 4-36-1 which may not look attractive but the youngster impressed everyone with his pace and temperament on a big stage like the IPL. So much so that even Rajasthan Royal’s all rounder Ben Stokes took a notice of young Tyagi. The World Cup winning England cricketer took to twitter and shared his observation on Kartik’s bowling action which he felt was a mix of Australian speedster Brett Lee and Ishant Sharma.
Stokes tweeted, “Tyagi has a run up like Brett Lee and delivers like Ishant Sharma”.
Kartik, who hails from a poor middle class family in Hapur had his shares of early struggles. His father did not have the finances for cricket training. In order to develop more strength on his bowling, Kartik carried sacks of produce from his father’s farm. He overcame all the obstacles to make it into the Uttar Pradesh side for the Vijay Hazare Trophy at only 17 years age. An impressive show in domestic cricket saw him picked for the India U19 World Cup squad which was held in South Africa at the beginning of the year. The 19-year-old returned with 11 wickets including a game-changing 4/24 against Australia in the quarterfinal. The life changed for the youngster when he was picked for a whopping 1.30 crore by Rajasthan Royals at the IPL auction held in Kolkata.
The big moment arrived for Kartik Tyagi when he was handed the cap by Rajasthan Royals captain Steve Smith. The talented pacer replaced an experienced Jaydev Unadkat. He grabbed the opportunity with both hands as he got rid of Mumbai Indian’s opening batsman Quinton de Kock. Tyagi was thrown the ball inside the powerplay overs by RR captain Steve Smith and he did not disappoint. Bowling in his first over, he induced a high catch from De Kock in his fifth delivery. It was a nice short pitched one aimed at the ribs and the Proteas batsman mistimed it for an easy catch to Jos Buttler.
A fast-medium bowler who loves to swing the ball both ways at moderate pace, here’s wishing Kartik Tyagi more success in years to come.