Kerala’s Eden Apple Tom celebrates the wicket of Vidharbha captain Akshay Wadkar on the second day of the Ranji Trophy remaining match in Nagpur.
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Nagpur
Even earlier than Kerala established itself as a staff to be careful for within the Ranji Trophy, it had a legacy in tempo bowling. Males like Tinu Yohannan, S. Sreesanth, Sandeep Warrier, Basil Thampi, Ok.M. Asif, Prasanth Parameswaran and Prasanth Chandran had caught the attention with their velocity or swing.
Three years in the past, a 16-year-old appeared poised to maintain the custom ahead. And Eden Apple Tom had a dream debut, actually: he took a wicket together with his first ball in First Class cricket. He had visualised it, he informed this correspondent at Rajkot again in 2022, after having the Meghalaya opener Kishan Lyngdo caught at slip.
However a stress fracture on his again saved him away from cricket for a complete season. He’s again enjoying the Ranji Trophy, although. And he’s wanting good.
He got here up with a vital spell in opposition to Vidarbha on the second day of the Ranji Trophy remaining on the VCA Stadium right here on Thursday. He dismissed a person who got here to this match after scoring 933 runs: Yash Rathod was undone by a ball that swung away.
Sony Cheruvathur, who coached him from his early life, is delighted Tom has returned to the senior Kerala staff. “He’s a particular expertise, the most effective I’ve come throughout,” Sony informed The Hindu from Dubai, the place Eden used to coach at his academy. “He can go a great distance.”
He’s deceptively fast, has an excellent bouncer and may bother the batter together with his angles, too. And he can get higher: he’s simply 19.
Kerala cricket must deal with him with care.
Printed – February 27, 2025 09:12 pm IST
