Sachin Tendulkar and a boy wonder

[rkt.india]

The two-minute walk from the Vinoo Mankad Gate to the sightscreen at the Wankhede StadiumÃÔ Garware Pavilion End is an uneventful one, especially on non-match days. But when you spot a blue BMW 5 Series parked in front of the glass facade, you know itÃÔ not going to be just another training session of the Mumbai side. You also spot a sparkling white Audi Q7 and wonder who the proud owner is. Your eyes, though, tend to focus on the sedan its leather seats, exhaust, numberplate et al. The security guard, stationed at the staircase leading to the home dressing room, lets out a gentle smile. ItÃÔ as if heÃÔ knows who youÃÓe looking for. Å¢a gaye hain (heÃÔ here) he says. To put it simply (and frankly), only stray dogs and journalists are seen at a stadium two days prior to a Ranji Trophy encounter. But when Sachin Tendulkar is in the house, itÃÔ a different story altogether. His fans, the passionate ones, are invariably there. Ah, and the cameras, plenty of them! Twelve days after he decided to hang up that India Blue jersey he donned with distinction on 461 occasions, Tendulkar, fresh from a week-long holiday in the hills, strode out purposefully for his first serious nets on Friday. Mumbai are set to host Baroda in the quarterfinal tie of the countryÃÔ premier domestic competition from Sunday, and Tendulkar knows that a decent outing would do both him, and the team, a world of good. Mumbai, led by TendulkarÃÔ good friend (and the owner of that Q7) Ajit Agarkar, finished their Group â commitments with 23 points from eight matches. The opposition, boasting the likes of Yusuf Pathan and ÃÃŽigrant Ambati Rayudu, will be no pushovers. And the intensity with which Mumbai trained suggested they were ready to lock horns with their West Zone rivals. Tendulkar, keen on finding form before next monthÃÔ Test series against Australia, batted for a good 40 minutes. The most interesting aspect was his ÃÃ…uel with a lean and quick 19-year-old left-armer called Royston Dias. Now this lad is not just any other net bowler. A senior Mumbai player had faced him at the Bandra-Kurla Complex ground recently. Impressed, he asked the Mumbai U-19 seamer to bowl to his mates at the Wankhede. On Friday, he introduced the wunderkid to Tendulkar, who watched him trouble the likes of Abhishek Nayar and Suryakumar Yadav. A little later, Tendulkar decided to face Dias, almost 21 years his junior! Hold your breath, the boy actually bounced Tendulkar before running up to the maestro with his right hand raised. No issues there. So what did Tendulkar tell him? Ūt was great bowling to him. He asked me to pitch it up, said a delighted Dias, who also managed to beat the master on a few occasions. The Vasai resident, a second year BSc IT student, is a rare gem, says Mumbai U-19 coach Satish Samant. Å©e is a very energetic lad and his dedication amazes me. He has not played days cricket yet, but he will, very soon. He once picked up a hat-trick in a Dhruv Pandove Trophy matchin Mohali. I remember that spell, Samant recalls. Asked if such talented youngsters should be fast-tracked into the senior team, a Mumbai player nodded. Å©ow else do you promote talent? DonÃÕ you know how Abey Kuruvilla made his Ranji Trophy debut (in the early 1990s)? Fast bowlers with spark should be unleashed right away. But who can explain this to the powers-that-be in Mumbai cricket? You know the system, donÃÕ you? the player rued, while preferring not to be named. Well, given that Tendulkar spent a good 30 minutes watching and facing the Parkophene club lad, Dias may not have to go through a pointless regime of proving himself in one age-group tourney after another.

http://www.dnaindia.com/sport/report_sachin-tendulkar-and-a-boy-wonder_1785656 http://dnasyndication.com/dna_photogallery_editorial_images/pid=DNMUM291940&filename=Royston_Dias_Sachin_Tendulkar_Abhishek_Nair_Ajit_Agarkar Today, I saw a news of IPL teams announced and then co-incidentally my eyes caught this name Royston Dias in that and then saw he is in DD team and then I googled and found this article about him.

Delhi Daredevils: Ajit Agarkar, Andre Russell, Arisht Singhvi, Ashish Nehra, CM Gautam, David Warner, Gulam Bodi, Irfan Pathan, Jeevan Mendis, Jesse Ryder, Johan Botha, Kedar Jadhav, Kevin Pietersen, Mahela Jayawardene, Manpreet Juneja, Morne Morkel, Naman Ojha, Pawan Negi, Roelof Van Der Merwe, Royston Dias, Siddarth Kaul, Sujit Nayak, Shahbaz Nadeem, Umesh Yadav, Unmukt Chand, Varun Aaron, Venugopal Rao, Virender Sehwag, Yogesh Nagar.

[rkt.india]

Asked if such talented youngsters should be fast-tracked into the senior team, a Mumbai player nodded. Å©ow else do you promote talent? DonÃÕ you know how Abey Kuruvilla made his Ranji Trophy debut (in the early 1990s)? Fast bowlers with spark should be unleashed right away. But who can explain this to the powers-that-be in Mumbai cricket? You know the system, donÃÕ you? the player rued, while preferring not to be named.

That is what happening to likes of Harmeet and genuine left arm pacer Mohd. Aamir Khan while trundlers like Shardul Thakur and Prateek Dabholkar are preferred.

[rkt.india]

Venkat Ananth told me that he is mentored by Abey Kuruvilla.

[MCcricket]

This is what is wrong with Mumbai cricket , selections have been biased n quota and based on lines, even Zaheer Khan did not get a chance here n had to go to Baroda

[MCcricket]

Mumbai also has this lad Mohd Amir is said to be pacy and Rahil Shaikh is fit and bowling well but selectors go for this quota of only certain players and talent is ignored

[rkt.india]

Here is that hattrick match of his. India U19 Himachal batsman Prashant Chopra also played this match http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/502/502753.html

[rkt.india]

Meet Royston Dias, the boy who bounced Tendulkar

Royston Dias's brush with the Mumbai Ranji Trophy team was akin to the audition of any television reality show. He had the daunting task of bowling to a man called Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar in the nets at the Wankhede Stadium. He bowled a bouncer first up. Two months on, and Dias has been signed up by the Delhi Daredevils at the behest of team mentor TA Sekar, who was impressed by the 20-year-old left-arm pacer at the MRF Pace Foundation in Chennai. The youngster is now sharing a dressing room with his potential Mumbai captain Ajit Agarkar, one of his idols Irfan Pathan, and one of the best fast bowlers in the world Morne Morkel. Still, bowling to the master is the Vasai youngster's most cherished moment. "I used to bowl at the Bandra-Kurla Complex ground in special camps. I got a call from Sulakshan Sir [Kulkarni, Mumbai coach], to come and bowl at the Ranji nets. Master [Tendulkar] was coming to bat and it was a great moment for me. I don't know what was running through my mind at that time, but I bowled a bouncer," Dias told MAIL TODAY. "Sachin was very supportive and kept telling me what and where I should bowl in a match situation. He told me to concentrate on line and length and hit it consistently, to get success. It was the best moment of my life." Dias knows there's barely a chance he'll get to feature in the XI, but he is keen to utilise his time with the Daredevils to pick Pathan and Morkel's brains. "I have a lot to learn from someone with the talent and experience of Irfan. I have two months to clarify whatever doubts I have, which will make me a better bowler," the gangly lad said. "Foreigners are known for their fitness, and I have a great opportunity to work with Morkel. I would love to see how he works out, how he lives off the ground, and just watch and learn."

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/indiahome/indianews/article-2301399/Meet-Royston-Dias-boy-bounced-Tendulkar.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

[Lord]

hope he plays and is decent,we desperately need a left arm seamer that said,bouncing Sachin isnt much of a big deal

[rkt.india]

hope he plays and is decent,we desperately need a left arm seamer that said,bouncing Sachin isnt much of a big deal

No Aussie pacer could bounce him out last series.

[vvvslaxman]

Another guy joining our long list of "hyped up fast bowlers"?

[vvvslaxman]

hope he plays and is decent,we desperately need a left arm seamer that said,bouncing Sachin isnt much of a big deal

Getting sachin out is no more a yardstick for a fast bowler. Now you do the same to Michael Clarke.. i agree (uhm... RJ) :potstir:

[Lord]

No Aussie pacer could bounce him out last series.

bouncing him n bouncing him out are two different things

[Lord]

Getting sachin out is no more a yardstick for a fast bowler. Now you do the same to Michael Clarke.. i agree (uhm... RJ) :potstir:

:--D

[rkt.india]

bouncing him n bouncing him out are two different things

but he played bounce well and he still scored in domestic cricket against decent pacers.

[Lord]

but he played bounce well and he still scored in domestic cricket against decent pacers.

where does it say Tendulkar was troubled by this guy's bouncer.just that he bowled a bouncer to Sachin

[rkt.india]

where does it say Tendulkar was troubled by this guy's bouncer.just that he bowled a bouncer to Sachin

A little later, Tendulkar decided to face Dias, almost 21 years his junior! Hold your breath, the boy actually bounced Tendulkar before running up to the maestro with his right hand raised.

What does bounced mean? It means he hit him with bouncer or troubled him with bouncer. Though we cannot be sure how quick he is just because he troubled SRT with bouncer. Articles exaggerate things a lot.

[saneindian]

RKT getting excited , will soon label him a trundler once he watches him bowl like he did to Warrier and Mithun lol

[rkt.india]

RKT getting excited ' date=' will soon label him a trundler once he watches him bowl like he did to Warrier and Mithun lol[/quote'] I am not saying anything about if he is or not? I just said what's written in the article and these articles exaggerate things too much, I clarified that too.

[Lord]

What does bounced mean? It means he hit him with bouncer or troubled him with bouncer. Though we cannot be sure how quick he is just because he troubled SRT with bouncer.

bounced Tendulkar=bowled a bouncer to Tendulkar,nothing more.if Tendulkar would have been hit or troubled it'd have surely reported there

[rkt.india]

bounced Tendulkar=bowled a bouncer to Tendulkar' date='nothing more.if Tendulkar would have been hit or troubled it'd have surely reported there[/quote'] Did you read this? what's written here. He bounced Tendulkar which certainly hit him and then he went up to SRT with raised hand and raised hand by bowler towards batsmen means an apology of sorts.