Raj Angad Bawa Debut IPL 2022
Punjab Kings gave a chance to the player who had made a dent in the recent Under-19 World Cup with his bat and rained runs.
Raj Angad Bawa was part of the team that won the Under-19 World Cup this year. (BCCI Photo)
IPL-2022 (IPL-2022) Sunday in the U.S. is a double header day. Royal Challengers Bangalore face Punjab Kings in the second match of the day (RCB vs PBKS) is from. Both the teams are taking the field with new captains. Faf du Plessis is captaining Bangalore while Mayank Agarwal is captaining Punjab. Mayank’s team is bowling first and this captain has given a chance to a player who was a member of the Under-19 World Cup-2022 winning Indian team in his team. The name of this player is Raj Angad Bawa (Raj Angad Bawa). Angad is a left-arm spinner and can bat well. Angad’s family has historically been associated with sports.
Angad’s grandfather Trilochan Bawa was part of the Indian hockey team that won the gold medal in the London Olympics-1948. The name of his father Sukhwinder Singh Bawa is also very famous because he has given this country a cricketer like Yuvraj Singh. Sukhwinder has been Yuvraj’s coach. Raj told in an interview to Sports Star a few months ago, “When my grandfather passed away in 2008, I was very young. But yes, it would be an honor to take the legacy forward.”
Shikhar Dhawan’s record broken in Under-19 World Cup
Angad had scored 162 runs against Uganda in the recently played Under-19 World Cup and with this he broke Shikhar Dhawan’s record for the highest individual score in this tournament. Dhawan scored 155 against Scotland in the Under-19 World Cup in 2004. Angad had kept his base price of 20 lakhs but Punjab gave him two crores to join them.
reached Chandigarh with family
A few years ago his family moved from Gurugram to Chandigarh and Angad joined DAV Public School. From here he started playing in the age group continuously. He told Sportstar in an interview, “When Chandigarh got recognition from BCCI a few years back, I moved from PCA to UTCA. I have been playing with the team since then.”
Angad rocked the Under-19 World Cup and after that he made his first-class debut. He made his first class debut against Hyderabad. He scored 44 and 35 runs in this match. Also took two wickets.
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