Vineeth didn’t feature in Tamil Nadu’s under-14 or under-16 teams. V.K.
Then came the High Performance Camp at CoE, followed by a tour of Sri Lanka with India u-19, where he scored a hundred in a youth ODI. Vineeth is part of India u-19’s series against Australia. On Monday, he scored a gritty 87 as India sealed the series. Veeraviswa, who played Tamil Nadu u-19, became another influence. I try to understand what I have to improve and what I can take from the learnings,” the 18-year-old said. Match starts at 9 a.m.
His father, a Southern Railway RPF employee, introduced him to the game. Because the crowd was different, “When I went on to play the TNPL for the Dindigul Dragons this year, it was a whole new experience. His story began in Chennai, where he started playing cricket at seven. His elder brother, K. The TNPL, however, gave him his first taste of a crowd. He initially carried water, but mentor R. Ashwin, B. Indrajith and Sandeep Warrier helped him settle. That is our main part. The crowd is just an add-on. A Virat Kohli fan, Vineeth has learnt to live with missed milestones. “I don’t try to hide my mistakes. Away from cricket, he listens to songs and writes a diary.
So playing in front of a crowd and under the lights for the first time was unbelievable,” Vineeth told The Hindu. “They said whether the crowd comes or not, we are going to play cricket. “The game is over, the day is over,” he said, adding: “The next day, we have to start afresh.