The India U19 skipper Yash Dhull is one of the most talked about young players in India at the moment, not just because India won the U19 World Cup under his captaincy, but also the way he himself batted in the tournament and the kind of composure he showed.
Today, the young man took it a step further and scored a hundred while playing for Delhi in his very first game in the Ranji trophy and that too against the quality attack of Tamil Nadu.
When Yash Dhull returned from the Caribbean after winning the U19 World Cup, it was not certain if he was going to be in the Ranji trophy squad of Delhi and people thought he would perhaps be given a little bit of break before being drafted into senior level cricket.
But, Delhi Disctrict Cricket Association (DDCA) decided that they would have Dhull in the Ranji trophy squad of Delhi straightaway and they didn’t just pick him in the squad, they also decided to open the batting with him.
Yash Dhull counter-attacked Tamil Nadu after Delhi lost early wickets
Dhull opened the batting with Dhruv Shorey against Tamil Nadu today and found the team in a bit of a tricky situation as they lost a couple of wickets first up, but Dhull didn’t go into his shell and rather counter-punched with a flurry of boundaries.
Tamil Nadu had attacking fields as the ball was doing a bit early on, but Dhull, whenever the bowlers erred a little bit with their length or line, was quick to pounce on, as he hit a total of 16 boundaries on his way to the hundred.
The Indian fans on twitter, who already rated Dhull quite highly after his U19 World Cup heroics, showered further praise on him today as the classy right-hander got to the three figure mark in his very first innings in Ranji trophy.
Here is how twitter reacted after Yash Dhull scored a fine hundred against Tamil Nadu today –
Early signs but encouraging. Yash Dhull is looking very comfortable and assured on FC debut. Also factor in the kid hasn't played any red ball this season and @delhi_cricket decided to send him to open. #RanjiTrophy
Advertisement— Kushan Sarkar (@kushansarkar) February 17, 2022
Hundred for Yash Dhull on his Ranji Trophy debut, Delhi were 7 for 2, opening the batting and he has played a fantastic knock in tough conditions – start of a great journey. pic.twitter.com/Q65uu2eTrQ
Advertisement— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) February 17, 2022
100 on his first class debut … Yash Dhull is a player we will be seeing lots of over the next few years … #India #RanjiTrophy
Advertisement— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) February 17, 2022
Wow just saw Yash Dhull scored a century on debut in first class cricket. He is going to go on to do wonderful things for Team India! #DELvTN #RanjiTrophy
Advertisement— Chloe-Amanda Bailey (@ChloeAmandaB) February 17, 2022
✅ Hundred on Ranji debut
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✅ Hundred in the U19 WC SF vs AusAdvertisementSuperb start to 2022 for Yash Dhull#RanjiTrophy #ranjitrophy2022 pic.twitter.com/uUQYYLItrA
— Rohit Sankar (@imRohit_SN) February 17, 2022
Yash Dhull is a fine Test match batsman in the making!
— KSR (@KShriniwasRao) February 17, 2022
Century for Yash Dhull on his Ranji debut, boy has all the caliber to become a future star,well played👏👏 pic.twitter.com/leHKMeoWSc
— ° (@BCCI_Indian) February 17, 2022
A century on First Class debut for Yash Dhull. What a performance he's putting, hundred in just 133 balls. The U19 World Cup winning captain is showing his class. #CricketTwitter pic.twitter.com/NU3HExIan9
— Aditya (@cricloverRSM) February 17, 2022
Man Yash Dhull's wrists are indeed like virat kohli. Experts and commentators weren't wrong. Clean. #RanjiTrophy
— Arpan (@ThatCricketHead) February 17, 2022
Yash dhull has lot of potential like shaw,pant and Ishan!
Century on debut Ranji trophy match👏— Soumya Prakash Khandayatray (@soumyakhandayat) February 17, 2022
