New Delhi. ‘You go out in search of yourself, what are you desperate for? You are looking for your existence, time is also searching, time is also looking for ‘. Not everyone is able to follow these lines of lyricist Tanveer Ghazi in real life, but today we are bringing to you the story of a young cricketer who kept adopting these lines in his life and today the world’s most expensive league IPL (IPL) Showing his Jauhar in IPL. Yes, actually we are talking about Kumar Karthikeya Singh, a left-arm spin bowler in Mumbai Indians.
Factory by night and Cricket by day
When Kumar Karthikeya Singh came to Delhi from his home, he made one thing clear in his house that he would not burden his family members to learn cricket. When he came to Delhi, he made up his mind to work in a factory in Ghaziabad to meet his expenses and stomach. Radheshyam, a friend of his lived here. Then Karthikeya got a job in Radheshyam’s factory and along with him started going in search of cricket academy. One day Kartikeya along with his friend Radheshyam reached Bharadwaj and he had made up his mind to give coaching after seeing Kartikeya. Even before this, Kartikeya knocked on the doors of many academies, but he withdrew due to expensive fees. After Bharadwaj’s consent, Kartikeya would work in the factory at night and practice at the cricket academy in the morning. This was the first step to his destination.
During this, Kartikeya was finding it difficult to fill his stomach. He used to walk several kilometers to the factory and academy to save 10 rupees, so that he could buy biscuits and put out the fire in his stomach. When his coach Bharadwaj came to know about this, he decided to keep Kartikeya with his cook. This move of Bharadwaj helped him a lot in learning the skills of cricket. For information, let us tell you that it is Bhardwaj who trained Gautam Gambhir and Amit Mishra.
Emotional moment for Kartikeya
Bhardwaj’s role is important in taking Karthikeya forward in the cricket world. Bhardwaj says that, ‘When our cook gave lunch to Kartikeya, tears came from his eyes, because he had not eaten lunch for a year’.
Let us tell you that in this season, Mumbai Indians had lost their eight matches in a row. Mumbai won the 9th match and Kumar Karthikeya played an important role in this victory. What made Karthikeya different in this match was his bowling all kinds of balls with his left hand. Like he has the skills to bowl wrist spin, googly, finger spin and carrom ball.