Anmolpreet Singh's cousin Prab Simran Singh finds a place in the India U19 team for the Asia Cup

The India Under-19 squad for the upcoming Asia Cup was announced on Tuesday and Punjab cricketer Prab Simran Singh was included in the side. Simran has been picked in the squad as the second wicket-keeper batsman as the Delhi keeper Anuj Rawat will most probably be the first choice.

The Punjab wicket-keeper batsman is also the cousin of Punjab’s dynamic batsman Anmolpreet Singh and he started playing the game only by watching his elder cousin’s passion for the sport. The junior’s edition of the upcoming tournament will be starting from September 29 in Dhaka.

I started to take the game seriously after watching my cousin

Simran stated that initially he looked at his brother Anmolpreet’s passion for the game and used to follow him while playing in the nets. He mentioned that after his brother was selected in the Ishan Kishan-led India Under-19 team for the Junior World Cup in 2016, he sought inspiration to take cricket seriously and thereafter his career started taking a turn.

The wicket-keeper batsman has earned his maiden call-up to the India Under-19 side at the back of some impressive performances for the Punjab Under-19 side. “Anmol bhaiya was very passionate towards cricket and I used to follow him to the nets. But once he was selected in the Indian U-19 team for the world cup in 2016, my approach towards the game changed completely. I started to take my game seriously,” Simran was quoted as saying by The Times of India (TOI).

Adam Gilchrist was the reason that I became a wicket-keeper

The Patiala born cricketer was also part of a wicketkeeping camp conducted at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bengaluru under the guidance of former Indian wicket-keeper batsman Kiran More. He also talked about his experience of training under the former Indian cricketer and on developing his keeping skills with him.

The 18-year old mentioned that it was the fine wicketkeeping skills of former Australian keeper Adam Gilchrist, that inspired him to take up the gloves. “I had worked hard on my wicket-keeping skills with Kiran More sir in the camp. It was a great learning curve for me and I am trying to reap maximum benefits from the camp.

It used to amaze me seeing the kind of wicket-keeping skills he (Gilchrist) had. After keeping for 50 overs, he used to open for Australia in limited-overs cricket. It was because of Adam Gilchrist that I fell in love with wicket-keeping,” added the Under-19 wicket-keeper batsman.

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