Having made her worldwide debut on the age of 12, cricketer Mahika Gaur made historical past on Friday as she made her worldwide debut for the second time, however on this event for England. As England took on Sri Lanka in a T20I, Mahika discovered her identify within the enjoying XI. The artful left-arm seamer. On her large day, Mahika additionally bagged her maiden worldwide wicket, getting the higher of Chamari Athapaththu. Nonetheless, if it wasn’t for rain enjoying spoilsport, Mahika might’ve gotten extra wickets.

Batting first, England went on to publish 186 runs on the board, with Danielle Wyatt and Alice Capsey being the main run-scorers. Chasing the goal, Sri Lanka had been 55/3 in 6 overs when rain put a halt to the match. England had been declared winners by 12 runs, by way of DLS methodology.

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England captain Heather Knight was stuffed with reward for the 6ft 3 inches tall Mahika after the match. “Mahika was good on her debut,” mentioned Knight. “She needed to transfer to demise bowling after the rain and she or he executed her plan completely. At that top she will get actual late swing which is kind of a weapon.”

Mahika, who idolises MS Dhoni and Mitchell Starc, has already taken a step ahead in direction of changing into an aesthetic quick bowler. However, she desires to complete video games like Mahi at some point too.

Who’s Mahika Gaur?

Born in Studying within the south of England Mahika determined to turn into knowledgeable cricket participant after an IPL match in Jaipur in 2011. It was the late Australian spinner Shane Warne, who starred within the Royals’ match in opposition to the Delhi Daredevils (now Delhi Capitals).

“I used to be practising bowling within the backyard. I feel my dad was simply shocked that I might roll my arm absolutely with out chucking the ball,” Gaur had mentioned again in April this 12 months. “He was a left-arm bowler in faculty however by no means bought to do his cricket factor. However when he noticed that I’ve potential, he is at all times been on board.”

When Mahika’s household moved to Dubai, she enrolled within the ICC Academy and met the longer term UAE skipper Chaya Mughal. “The primary time I went into ICC [Academy], she was coaching indoors and the coach over there, Adnan [Sabri] sir mentioned that I can bowl to her.

“I used to be bowling crazy full tosses and she or he was defending them. She was the primary particular person I bowled to there and I used to be star-struck. My dad informed me she’s from the UAE nationwide crew – that was fairly cool,” Mahika revealed.

After making her debut for England, Mahika has performed a complete of 20 T20Is, claiming a complete of 10 wickets. with a finest of three for 21.