Ranchi, Oct 25 Teenaged left-arm spinner Aman Chaudhary will be making his first-class debut when Delhi take on a depleted Jharkhand in a third round Group C fixture of the Ranji Trophy starting here on Monday.
Bowling has been an issue with Delhi for the past few seasons. Head coach Vijay Dahiya and selectors are hoping the 18-year-old Aman provides the x-factor they have been looking for in the bowling department.
Aman has played for Delhi in the Cooch Behar Trophy.
It was his consistent performance at the senior team nets and good show during match simulations that prompted Dahiya to pick him in the playing eleven against a Jharkhand side that will miss regular skipper Ishan Kishan, Kumar Kushagra and Shikhar Mohan.
While Kishan and Kushagra are with the white ball team in New Zealand, the stylish southpaw Shikhar has also been summoned for the India A leg of the tour.
“We have keenly followed Aman in the nets and he looks like a good prospect. He is a good left-arm spinner. It is expected that Delhi will play with three specialist spinners including Aman, off-spinner Hrithik Shokeen and other left-arm spin bowling all-rounder Sumit Mathur.
“Also skipper Ayush Badoni’s off-breaks are there to fall back on,” a senior member of team management told PTI on the eve of the game.
Delhi will miss the services of veteran pacer Navdeep Saini, who will miss the game with a hamstring niggle. While Aman will be play in place of Money Grewal or Divij Mehra, Saini in all likelihood will be replaced by Simarjeet Singh.
In the last game at Palam, Delhi put up one of their more dominant batting show with India A white ball opener Priyansh Arya scoring a fabulous 199. Skipper Ayush Badoni showed his class with a double hundred in a mammoth first innings total.
But the bowlers huffed and puffed their way, dismissing Gujarat just once as Delhi managed only three points.
(PTI News)
