Top-class performances from star player Sarfaraz Khan and Tanush Kotian helped Mumbai clinch their first-ever Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy title after defeating Himachal Pradesh in the final by three wickets at Eden Gardens, Kolkata on Saturday

New Delhi [India], June 2 (ANI): Delhi Election Commission on Thursday appointed Cricketer Yash Dhull as the State Icon for NCT of Delhi to motivate youngsters to get enrolled to exercise their right to vote.

Cuttack (Odisha) [India], February 23 (ANI): Young batter Yash Dhull, who is riding on a high after the U19 World Cup triumph and then twin centuries in his first-class debut, has said that he is looking forward to facing Jofra Archer in the Indian Premier League (IPL).

Guwahati (Assam) [India], February 20 (ANI): Delhi batter Yash Dhull registered a century in the second innings of the ongoing Ranji Trophy match against Tamil Nadu.

Guwahati Feb 19 PTI Lalit Yadav hammered 10 sixes enroute to his maiden first-class hundred and batted brilliantly with the tail to put Delhi in a strong position against Tamil Nadu after day two of the Ranji Trophy Group H here on FridayResuming the day at 291 for seven Delhi ended up getting an imposing first innings score of 452 all out courtesy Yadavs 177 off 287 ballsDelhi also got two crucial wickets before stumps leaving Tamil Nadu at 75 for two and trailing by 377 runsIf the opening day belonged to India U-19 star Yash Dhull Friday was all about Yadav who batted fearlessly in his entertaining innings Besides 10 sixes he smashed 17 foursHis knock was not all about brutal hitting The 25-year-old shielded the tail including Simarjeet Singh 19 off 57 Vikash Mishra 7 off 58 and Kuldip Yadav 9 not out off 37 to ensure Delhi score beyond 450Yadav who is rated highly by Delhi Capitals coach Ricky Ponting carried his impressive white-ball form in domestic cricket to play the best innings of his 12-match old first-class careerHis collected boundaries all around the wicket and reached his half-century with a flat six over mid wicket off pacer M Mohammed before getting to three figures with consecutive straight sixes off spinner R Sai Kishore He even got to his 150 with a boundary His memorable innings ended when he edged an attempted drive to first slip off Sai Kishore and what followed was a standing ovation from his teammatesTamil Nadu openers Kaushik Gandhi 37 batting and Laxmesha Suryaprakash 23 shared a 50-run stand before the latter was dismissed by Kuldip Vikas Mishra removing Baba Aparajith 0 made it 56 for twoBrief Scores Delhi 452 all out in 1412 overs Yash Dhull 113 Jonty Sidhu 71 Lalit Yadav 177 Mohammd Mohammed 475 vs Tamil Nadu 752 in 30 overs PTI BS AT AT

New Delhi Feb 18 PTI Yash Dhull always knew that a smooth transition from age-group to first-class level can only happen if he is ready to counter challenges and that is precisely what worked for him on his Ranji Trophy debut for Delhi against Tamil Nadu The Under-19 World Cup winning skipper who has been a career middle-order batter was asked to open against a formidable domestic side like Tamil Nadu and he came out in flying colours with a cracking 113 that had no less than 18 boundaries In my cricket career there has been a lot of coaches but someone who had guided me from childhood is Rajesh Nagar sir Nagar sir had told me that when Ranji Trophy will come I might be asked to open so I should be mentally prepared soft-soft-spoken Dhull told PTI in an interview after his opening day exploits Delhi cricket is replete with instances where young players have lost track after showing early promise There is no choice if someone is assigned an unfamiliar role The player needs to accept it rather than choosing the easy option of cooling heels Whatever the team demands from you it needs to be done without any questions asked I am ready to bat any position I am just starting off in my career and now I need to make a mark with consistent performances and for that I need chances So when you are told to play you need to be ready to grab that chance When I was informed that I would be opening the innings mentally I was ready said Dhull who looked like having played first-class cricket forever on his launch day It was even more praiseworthy as Dhull had not played any red ball cricket this season after being named for India U-19 side before the Cooch Behar Trophy National U-19 days format even started Cricket at this level will be as much about mindset as it is about technique Its all in the mind and if I can have the right attitude then things will fall in place the youngster showed maturity beyond years So what is Dhulls process of preparing for a big match I do my visualisations of how I am going to play a particular bowler said the 19-year-old Try to watch videos and close my eyes and try to be in that zone where I can see the bowler running up and I am in mind deciding on a particular shot that I intend to play What will he bowl to me and what will be my reaction time all these things I try and visualize he explained He played a quite a number of pull-shots and the best part was how he rolled his wrists to ensure that he didnt play them in the air Well from my childhood when I started taking coaching lessons I have been practising all types of shots and certainly pull is one of them You have trained for all these years for these times when in actual match situation you can execute them perfectly I always had faith in my core skills and confidence that when the situation arises I wont fail in execution he replied politely but also exuded confidence at the same time But Dhull knows that there are no free lunches at this level and more he plays the more his batting will be under scrutiny and there are better domestic attacks compared to Tamil Nadu who will be dissecting each and every thread of his technique I will take one match at a time as I dont need to look that far ahead Whatever is ought to happen will happen whether I want it or not My focus should be to control the controllable If I can do that things will be fine For him mistakes are bound to happen but how hard he works to correct them and move in right direction is his endeavour Also this is a fact that every player will have some weakness or the other and obviously I need to work hard to rectify any errors thats there in my technique You need to know the way to manage your game and work around the technique you have he signed off PTI KHS KHS AT AT

New Delhi [India], February 17 (ANI): India's Under-19 World Cup-winning captain Yash Dhull has once again made his father Vijay Dhull proud by scoring a century on his first-class debut in the ongoing Ranji Trophy Elite Group H contest against Tamil Nadu at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati.

New Delhi [India], February 17 (ANI): Former England skipper Michael Vaughan on Thursday lavished praise on Delhi batter Yash Dhull for his incredible first-class debut in the ongoing Ranji Trophy Elite Group H match.

New Delhi [India], February 9 (ANI): U19 World Cup-winning skipper Yash Dhull on Wednesday was named in Delhi's Ranji Trophy squad and the team will be led by Pradeep Sangwan.

New Delhi [India], February 6 (ANI): Batter Unmukt Chand on Sunday congratulated Team India for lifting the Under 19 World Cup title.