Can’t Wait For The Day When I Can Bat At Lord’s, Says Ayush Mhatre
“After seeing all of this, I can’t wait for the day when I can come here to play and bat. I will never be able to forget this day. It will always be in my mind that I want to play at the Lord’s. I even watched the stadium only before on TV,” said Mhatre in a video posted by BCCI's website on Thursday.
The right-handed opener also got to celebrate his 18th birthday at Lord’s. “It's a very special day for me that my birthday is celebrated at Lord’s and my cake cutting was also done at the venue. There will never be a bigger moment in my life, but this biggest moment feels very special. I feel very motivated and feel like I wanna come here and bat anytime,” he added.
Head coach Hrishikesh Kanitkar said he could understand the awe and joy amongst the players when being taken on a tour of Lord’s. “It’s a very big moment. One is the history of the Lord’s and second is there are so many great achievements here by our countrymen. It's a great thing to know the legacy that a place has.”
“We toured Lord’s in 1994 as under-19s as well. So, I could relate to it and what they are feeling. Boards in the dressing rooms where the achievements are written, the fifers and the hundreds and stuff – these things really inspire you.”
Head coach Hrishikesh Kanitkar said he could understand the awe and joy amongst the players when being taken on a tour of Lord’s. “It’s a very big moment. One is the history of the Lord’s and second is there are so many great achievements here by our countrymen. It's a great thing to know the legacy that a place has.”
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Coming to the matches, the first Youth Test between India U19 and England U19 ended in a draw at the Kent County Cricket Ground in Beckenham. The two sides will play the final game of the tour – the second red-ball game of the series – at County Ground, Chelmsford, from July 20-23.