LUDHIANA CRICKETER NEHAL WADHERA GETS SELECTED FOR U-19 INDIAN SQUAD FOR ASIA CUP TO BE HELD IN DHAKA FROM SEPTEMBER 29 ONWARDS

Ludhiana, August 29, 2018: City cricketer Nehal Wadhera has been selected for the U-19 Indian squad for the upcoming Asia Cup to be held at Dhaka (Bangladesh) from September 29, 2018 onwards. Nehal would also be a part of the India A and India B squads in the four-nation tournament to be played in Lucknow from September 12-18, 2018.
Young middle order batsman from Sarabha Nagar area of city had recently participated in the U-19 tour of Sri Lanka in July, where he had stunned everyone by scoring two half centuries. In the first test match against Sri Lanka, Nehal scored a brilliant 82 and interestingly, he started his international career by hitting a six .In the second test match, he scored 64 runs.
Otherwise known as a very steady and composed scorer, Nehal recently scored 89% marks in his class twelfth examination. Known as Mr Dependable amongst his peers in the state team, Nehal scored maximum number of half centuries in U-19 cricket tournament, Coach Behar Trophy last season.
Nehal’s father Kamal Wadhera, who runs BetterThink and TCY Group of Institutes, informed that immediately after the Sri Lanka tour, he has been busy playing Inter District U-19 and then FC Mittal Trophy and his performance was impressive. He recently did a jaw dropping 118 against Amritsar in U-19 tournament.
His mother Gurpreet Wadhera, a former professors, said, “His world has always revolved around sports, particularly cricket. Since childhood, his temperament always surprised us. We all hope that he would score really well in the upcoming Asia Cup as well.”