Gen next academy

Gen Next Academy: On a fine Saturday afternoon, Manish Ojha was doing what he has done for a long time – making his students go through their paces at his Gen Next Academy in the Sampatchak area of Patna.

Amidst the focus on the trainees perfecting their craft in the afternoon training session, Ojha got a call from Sanjeev Sooryavanshi. The message was short, but electric: his son Vaibhav Sooryavanshi got his India senior men’s T20I call-up to tours of Ireland, England, and the Asian Games event in Japan.

Hearing that, Ojha was left really delighted and congratulated Sanjeev. "It was expected that, the way Vaibhav was performing well in the T20 format, he would get the call-up. He performed well in the U-19 World Cup win and then showed his explosive strokeplay in the IPL.