If you were thinking that the current India tour of Sri Lanka was the only promising and commanding cricketing action besides the Caribbean Premier League that’s currently on in the West Indies, then perhaps you have it slightly wrong. Another engaging battle that is taking good shape at the moment is the List A domestic cricket competition currently taking place in England, where the women’s edition of The Hundred is already holding fine attention. The County One day cup is an arresting competition that is seeing different county regions across England locked in varying, interesting and closely held contests.
And just when you may have thought that perhaps no Indian cricketer would be in it or that the series would hold little interest for the cricket loving like minded fans from the Indian subcontinent, you are almost caught off guard with the sudden realisation that a very promising and rising Indian cricketer is already participating in the said competition.
A batter who can score big and can briskly change the scoring rates for any team, among the most talked about young batters in the One Day Cup is Ashutosh Sharma.
Interestingly, so confident and supportive have been Ashutosh Sharma’s county side that they’ve even entrusted him with the useful responsibility of good medium fast bowling. However, having said that, the big hitting player they we see in the Delhi Capitals side in the famed Indian Premier League may be feeling a touch disconsolate at the moment.
The reason for that is an injury snag that he’s currently experiencing that’s got him out of the next match for Hampshire. So useful and incredibly quick at scoring, as seen vividly in different seasons of the IPL, this time around, Ashutosh Sharma has been shining with the ball. He’s actually taken 14 wickets already and maintained an incredible average of under 16.
However, owing to his recent injury, the following is how Hampshire described their current woes with regards to Sharma:
Ashutosh Sharma is unavailable due to an injury he picked up during Sunday’s match – pace bowler Harry Petrie, who featured in the opening three games of the competition, comes back in!”
