“To Play Against Virat Kohli”: Pakistan-born USA Star On ‘Ultimate Goal’

Indian cricket icon Virat Kohli stays the benchmark for a lot of budding cricketers all throughout the globe. One such participant is former Pakistan Under-19 batter Shayan Jahangir who’s now a participant for the United States of America senior cricket staff. Up towards Nepal within the ICC ODI World Cup 2023 qualifier, Jahangir scored his maiden century within the Group A match, drawing plaudits from the cricketing spectrum. After his ton, Jahangir spoke of his ambitions of taking part in towards none aside from the good Kohli and present that there is ‘one other batter on the block’.

Jahangir, the right-handed batter, scored an unbeaten 100-run knock off 79 balls with 10 fours and three sixes, though his knock could not assist the American safe a victory as Nepal wrapped up a 6-wicket victory.

“To play against Virat Kohli, that’s my ultimate goal. Play against him, and show there’s another batter on the block, waiting for the opportunities in all these big leagues,” Jahangir informed ICC after the sport.

For the file, Jahangir was part of the Pakistan U19 staff alongside the likes of Sami Islam, Imam-Ul-Haq, Hussain Talat and others up to now. Not simply that, he additionally had a stint for the Pakistan International Airlines in home cricket earlier than shifting to the United States.

The 28-year-old additionally has the expertise of taking part in for the Barbados Tridents within the Caribbean Premier League (CPL).

In his ODI profession up to now, Jahangir has performed a complete of 9 ODIs, scoring 235 runs at a mean of 33.57 and a strike-rate of 90.73. The century towards Nepal was the primary ever in his One-day profession with regards to worldwide cricket.