Former India cricketer RP Singh senior’s son Harry gets selected for England Under-19
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Former India seamer RP Singh senior’s son Harry Singh has been selected for England’s Under-19 team. The team will tour Sri Lanka. Harry opens for the Lancashire 2nd XI. Several Indian origin and Souh Asian players have represented England junior sides.
“A few days ago, we got a call from the ECB that Harry has been picked for the England U-19 team which will play Sri Lanka U-19 team at home,” Singh told the Indian Express.
RP Singh senior has played two ODIs in 1986 against Australia. He moved to England in 1990s and worked as a coach with Lancashire county club and the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB).
“It’s not easy, you need a bit of luck and lots of runs to make it at the top level. I have seen many cricketers in the 90s who used to do well in domestic cricket but they failed drastically when they represented the Indian team. As Harry grows, he will have to make those technical adjustments which every cricketer does,” RP Singh said.
“It’s still a long journey but he has taken a small step in his career”- RP Singh
Harry started playing cricket at the age of eight. According to Singh, Harry was good at football too but as he grew up, his interest in cricket started increasing. It was then his family decided to teach him under his father’s coaching.
“He used to bowl fast but I know that fast bowling and opening the batting can take a lot of toll. So I decided to let him continue to bat and now he bowls off-spin too. It’s still a long journey but he has taken a small step in his career,” Singh said.
Harry was then sent to Dilip Vengsarkar Academy in Mumbai because that will help him to become an all-rounder who can play on all kinds of surfaces. Singh had further added about how cricket has changed for good now because in their times, they got very limited facilities and that they had to learn by themselves.
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