Former England captain Michael Vaughan on April 16 predicted that U-19 speedster Shivam Mavi will represent Team India soon. Mavi, the local boy from Noida, Uttar Pradesh, was a part of Indian U-19 team which won the ICC U-19 World Cup held earlier this year.
Vaughan, who is in the country for his maiden IPL commentary stint, took to his Twitter handle to predict Mavi’s future with the Indian team. Vaughan wrote:
“Shivam Mavi is bowling 145 kph …. he is 19 yrs old …. !!!! #IPL … He will play for #India …. Very soon …”
Shivam Mavi is bowling 145 kph …. he is 19 yrs old …. !!!! #IPL … He will play for #India …. Very soon …
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) 16 April 2018
Vaughan’s tweet came after Mavi took his maiden IPL wicket by bowling out Delhi Daredevils skipper Gautam Gambhir during the ongoing IPL match between Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Delhi Daredevils (DD) at the Eden Gardens today.
Mavi grabbed the wicket of Gambhir on the last ball of the third over.
M13: KKR vs DD – Gautam Gambhir Wicket https://t.co/zrAEI2DgGQ via @ipl
— Baahubali (@bahubalikabadla) 16 April 2018
Mavi was purchased by Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan co-owned KKR at Rs 3 Crore during this year’s players’ auction held in Bengaluru.
Besides Vaughan, Twitterati also congratulated the youngster for picking up his maiden wicket:
stats 20 :
– Shivam Mavi youngest Indian Bowler to take an IPL wicket
– 19 years
Great thing for Indian Cricket@IPL @ShivamMavi23 @bhogleharsha @cricketaakash @jatinsapru— Cricket Instinct (@CricketInstinct) 16 April 2018
Shivam mavi is very promising speedster. I’m sure he’s gonna be impactfull player in this season for KKR.#KKRvDD #IPL
— Ravi Solanki (@RaviSol99473112) 16 April 2018
This boy #ShivamMavi will play for senior team bery soon. Good action good pace good energy.
— Anaamika (@anaamika_sen) 16 April 2018
Earlier, Riding on Nitish Rana’s 59 and Andre Russell’s 12-ball 44, KKR post 200/9 in their allotted 20 overs.
