Kumar Mangalam Birla's son snapped up by RR for Rs 3 mn

[tweaker]

On second day of IPL auction, Aryaman Vikram Birla, son of Aditya Birla Group chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla, was sold to Rajasthan Royals for Rs 3 million.

The left-hand batsman and slow left-arm orthodox bowler has played only one first-class match while representing Madhya Pradesh against Odisha in Indore in November 2017.

[tweaker]

Aryaman had made his choice at a very young age. Instead of driving luxury cars, he chose to grind it out in the cricketing field. The 20-year-old left Mumbai and moved to Madhya Pradesh to play cricket. 

 

Now, he will be playing alongside some of the biggest names in the cricketing world like Steve Smith, Ajinkya Rahane and Ben Stokes. While riches of all kinds would have come to him easily enough, Aryaman chose to take a hard way to achieve his dream to play cricket.

[diga]

Is Birla sponsoring Royals team? 

[Malcolm Merlyn]

Is Birla sponsoring Royals team? 

Ultratech cement.

[Straight Drive]

Ultratech has been sponsor of Rajasthan Royals since years now. Apparently their staff was getting free tickets as well for Royals home matches. Quite obvious being sponsors.

[WC2011INDIA]

@tweaker Are you his manager? Let's face it, his father put in a good word for him. If he plays and does well then great, but for now this is a clear cut case of nepotism. 

 

 

Edited January 29, 2018 by WC2011INDIA

[Gollum]

Respect , if I were him I would probably never have the motivation to put in the hard yards. I always admire children of rich people who take the hard route instead of living off the money of their parents. 

[velu]

1 hour ago, diga said:

Is Birla sponsoring Royals team? 

[velu]

if i have that much money , i wont be playing cricket

 

[Rightarmfast]

22 minutes ago, Gollum said:

Respect , if I were him I would probably never have the motivation to put in the hard yards. I always admire children of rich people who take the hard route instead of living off the money of their parents. 

Give me a break. Its because of these kinds of people that real talent never sees the light of the day. Out of 11, one position will be reserved for him due to his dad. Imagine this kid being in Indian team 11, and someone like Umesh Yadav having to sit out to accomodate him.

 

Although, tbh, I have never seen this kid play. 

[Gollum]

20 minutes ago, Rightarmfast said:

Give me a break. Its because of these kinds of people that real talent never sees the light of the day. Out of 11, one position will be reserved for him due to his dad. Imagine this kid being in Indian team 11, and someone like Umesh Yadav having to sit out to accomodate him.

 

Although, tbh, I have never seen this kid play. 

Then how can you judge? Innocent until proven guilty, he must have done something right for an IPL team to notice him. Pataudi, Dada, Yuvraj all were born to rich fathers, they weren't bad, no? Vijay Amritraj was born in a filthy rich family, his mom was the 1st woman to drive a car in South India.....he was chosen in our David Cup team when he was just 17 and not a top 3 singles player in India, he went on to become India's greatest tennis player. Not that I am comparing Birla junior with these legends, but unfair to judge him so early. 

[beetle]

1 hour ago, Rightarmfast said:

Give me a break. Its because of these kinds of people that real talent never sees the light of the day. Out of 11, one position will be reserved for him due to his dad. Imagine this kid being in Indian team 11, and someone like Umesh Yadav having to sit out to accomodate him.

 

Although, tbh, I have never seen this kid play. 

If politician's sons can find a place, why not him.

He is pretty serious about his cricket . I had read that his parents go to these small grounds to watch him .

 

If he gets a chance, he will have to swim or perish in front of the whole world.

 

This is ipl. Even if his dad's money is buying him a place, that is fine. As long as this is not happening in the state and national teams.

 

 

[jf1gp_1]

3 hours ago, WC2011INDIA said:

@tweaker Are you his manager? Let's face it, his father put in a good word for him. If he plays and does well then great, but for now this is a clear cut case of nepotism. 

 

 

whats your view on selection of arjun tendulkar in U19 mumbai team ?

[Rightarmfast]

55 minutes ago, beetle said:

If politician's sons can find a place, why not him.

He is pretty serious about his cricket . I had read that his parents go to these small grounds to watch him .

 

If he gets a chance, he will have to swim or perish in front of the whole world.

 

This is ipl. Even if his dad's money is buying him a place, that is fine. As long as this is not happening in the state and national teams.

Agree with that! I wouldnt be happy if he is given a place in national team directly.

 

Edited January 29, 2018 by Rightarmfast

[WC2011INDIA]

34 minutes ago, jf1gp_1 said:

whats your view on selection of arjun tendulkar in U19 mumbai team ?

Same. 

[Straight Drive]

The selection of state cricketers at age levels is shambles. I am not aware whether it happens in this decade but there were horrible inconsistencies in selections before. Some of international cricketers have faced it. Those who struggled were poor wannabe international cricketers when they joined some reputed clubs. With more money flowing into the game than those times, it must be getting worse.

Edited January 29, 2018 by Straight Drive

[mishra]

5 hours ago, tweaker said:

Aryaman had made his choice at a very young age. Instead of driving luxury cars, he chose to grind it out in the cricketing field. The 20-year-old left Mumbai and moved to Madhya Pradesh to play cricket. 

 

Now, he will be playing alongside some of the biggest names in the cricketing world like Steve Smith, Ajinkya Rahane and Ben Stokes. While riches of all kinds would have come to him easily enough, Aryaman chose to take a hard way to achieve his dream to play cricket.

No one is interested in second post of yours. Good luck to kid for chasing his dream. He is probably a shining role model to all the spoilt brats who drink drive high end luxury cars after rave parties at Nariman Point

Edited January 29, 2018 by mishra

[Trichromatic]

He has played one FC match.

 

 

 

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Far away from the maidans of Mumbai, a local boy is making waves on the cricket field. Aryaman Birla, the 21- year-old son of industrialist Kumar Mangalam Birla, has been selected for the Madhya Pradesh Ranji Trophy team. The selection has come in the back of some solid performances, both with bat and ball. Aryaman, a left-handed all-rounder, has been performing consistently for the Madhya Pradesh team of late in the CK Nayudu Under-23 tournament.

In five matches this season so far, Aryaman has scored 602 runs with two hundreds and one double century in eight innings. Besides, he has also taken 10 wickets with his left-arm spin. His breakthrough performance came in the ongoing U-23 match in against Chhattisgarh in Sagar where he hammered a brilliant double century. It was a patient knock which came off 388 balls with 33 fours and one six.

Besides, he has also managed a wicket. The knock was preceded by centuries against Odisha (153) and Uttar Pradesh (137 and 43). He was declared man of the match in that match. Aryaman, a degree commerce student from Mumbai, chose to play for Madhya Pradesh because there were not enough chances for him in the city. His mother Neerja said in as many words. “He did not get enough opportunities in Mumbai and hence chose to play for MP,” she said. Now that he is in the Ranji squad, Aryaman’s first class debut could come in just about a few days time when Madhya Pradesh play Tamil Nadu in Indore from November 17.

He was one of the best batsman of that U23 CK Nayadu trophy.

 

http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/30/CK_Nayudu_Trophy_2017-18/Batting_by_Average.html

 

 

BATTING AND FIELDING IN CK NAYUDU TROPHY 2017/18 (ORDERED BY AVERAGE) Click on column heading to see the averages sorted by that column

 

Name	Matches	Inns	Not Out	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	Ct	St
D Nischal (Karn)	1	1	0	243	243	243.00	1	0	1
Y Sehrawat (Del)	1	1	0	225	225	225.00	1	0	1
Anmolpreet Singh(Pj)	1	1	0	202	202	202.00	1	0	0
SP Senapati (Or)	1	2	1	180	162*	180.00	1	0	0
H Dalal (Del)	1	1	0	167	167	167.00	1	0	1
M Kaushik (UP)	1	1	0	136	136	136.00	1	0	0
R Sharma (Del)	1	1	0	119	119	119.00	1	0	0
A Goswami (UP)	1	1	0	116	116	116.00	1	0	1
HL Asnora (UP)	1	1	0	112	112	112.00	1	0	0
KL Shrijith (Karn)	1	1	0	110	110	110.00	1	0	0
Sanvir Singh (Pj)	1	1	0	105	105	105.00	1	0	0
AA Sardesai (Mum)	1	1	0	96	96	96.00	0	1	0
AS Brahmbhatt (Bar)	1	1	0	89	89	89.00	0	1	1
Shakeeb Ahmed(Ch)	1	1	0	86	86	86.00	0	1	1
M Abhirath Reddy(Hyd)	1	2	0	151	95	75.50	0	2	0
AV Birla (MP)	5	9	1	602	230	75.25	3	0	5
S Sharath (Karn)	1	1	0	75	75	75.00	0	1	4
E Sen (HP)	3	6	1	367	237*	73.40	1	1	3
Vivek Singh (MP)	4	5	3	146	111*	73.00	1	0	3
DB Patel (Bar)	1	1	0	71	71	71.00	0	1	0
VR Chandekar (Vid)	1	2	1	70	58	70.00	0	1	0
JG Bista (Mum)	1	2	0	136	128	68.00	1	0	1
VB Borkar (Ch)	1	1	0	66	66	66.00	0	1	4	1
KR Sen (MP)	3	4	3	63	49	63.00	0	0	1
A Rohera (MP)	5	8	1	431	109	61.57	1	3	19	1

[beetle]

18 minutes ago, mishra said:

 Good luck to kid for chasing his dream. He is probably a shining role model to all the spoilt brats who drink drive high end luxury cars after rave parties at Nariman Point

True...he could have been bidding for players with his dad's money .

Edited January 29, 2018 by beetle

[maniac]

9 hours ago, velu said:

if i have that much money , i wont be playing cricket

 

Me neither but I will directly have my dad get me an IPL contract as sort of a bucket list like it might have happened here