'He Provided Everything He Possibly Could': USA Spinner Harmeet Singh Credits Dinesh Lad, Rohit Sharma's Coach For His Support
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The USA left-arm spinner, Harmeet Singh is enjoying America’s dream run in the ongoing T20 World Cup 2024 and the Indian-origin player revealed that the current Indian captain, Rohit Sharma’s childhood coach, Dinesh Lad had played a massive role in his career.
Harmeet went on to represent India in two Under-19 World Cups and played for Mumbai at their age-group levels after which he moved to the United States of America and is now part of the team that went on to the Super 8s in their maiden appearance at the event.
“I would like to thank everybody who supported me in this journey, especially to Dinesh Lad Sir. My talent was first recognised by Lad Sir, who was the coach and mentor during my school days (Rohit Sharma studied in the same school),” Harmeet recalled in a video shared with PTI.
“In fact, he only advised me to join his school. There he provided me with everything he possibly could,” he said.
Harmeet said his progress would not have been possible without Lad.
“I switched to Swami Vivekanand school. We broke many records, there was no cricket in the suburbs then but now looking back at it, it all looks like a dream. What all we achieved at the school, couldn’t have been possible without Lad Sir’s support,” he said.
“The passion with which he worked on us, and the dedication he showed by sending us to the Shivaji Park Gymkhana to train better under Padmakar Shivalkar Sir and Pravin Amre Sir,” he added.
The USA who were probably not the likely contenders to make it to the Super 8s managed to turn up and register wins against the likes of Canada and Pakistan to help them get through in the tournament.
The USA will open their Super Eight campaign against South Africa on June 19. They will hope that they can continue giving the top sides a run for their money and see how far they can go in terms of the tournament.
(with PTI Inputs)
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