By K.R. Nayar
Unknown IPL debutant Monu had
played in UAE
On Sunday, Chennai Super Kings introduced
medium-pacer Monu Kumar Singh against Royal Challengers Bangalore. Not many
have heard of Monu Kumar Singh, and not many people know that he had played in
UAE when the Under-19 World Cup was held here in 2014. That was when he had
bowled at the Dubai International cricket stadium. Singh had bagged three
wickets to bowl out the Papua New Guinea Under19 team for 56 runs at the
Sharjah Cricket Stadium and played in the quarterfinal in Dubai against England
when India had lost that match. His teammates in that Under-19 team included
Sanju Samson, Kuldeep Yadav, and Shreyas Iyer. Hailing from Ranchi, like
his skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Monu has not progressed like his teammates
but has been part of Chennai Super Kings since 2018. He is yet to play any
first-class cricket but has featured in 23 Twenty20 matches for Jharkhand and
bagged 25 wickets.
‘Flatline’ Santner is a special
cricketer
New Zealand’s left-arm spinner
Mitchell Santner, whom Chennai Super Kings played for the first time in this year's
IPL, has created many sensational moments in international cricket as an
allrounder. Though he has been confined to the bench in the IPL until the
last match, very few remember that last year he had cracked his maiden Test
century while figuring in a mammoth 261 runs seventh-wicket partnership with BJ
Watling against England. Santner has many firsts to his credit. He is the first
player to make his Test debut in a Day-Night Test match and hit the first ball
he faced in Test cricket for a boundary. Last year he won a game for
Chennai in the IPL at Jaipur by hitting a last-ball six against Rajasthan.
Despite being busy with cricket, he never gave up studies and took a Mechanical
Engineering degree. Despite all his talent, he gives a laid-back impression and
that got him his nickname ‘Flatline’. Till the age of 15, Santner had
bowled medium-pace before turning into a spinner, and today produces a variety
of deliveries.
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