The Delhi-born Indian cricketer, who was once Shubman Gill’s teammate, has created history with a prestigious century in the ongoing Sheffield Shield. He has become the first player of Indian origin to score a first-class century in Sheffield Shield in this century.
There are not many examples where Indian cricketers have played in any other part of the world; However, such incidents have sometimes occurred. Like Team India’s former Under-19 captain Unmukt Chand went to America to play cricket.
Similarly, here is another player of Indian origin who moved to Australia after playing domestic cricket in India. These cricketers are not Indian-origin or Australian-born or American-born cricketers; He is an Indian born player.
Nikhil Chaudhary created a unique record for India
While India struggled to handle their Test innings against South Africa in their own home and faced South African fast bowler Marco Johnson. First with the bat and then with the ball, Johnson has single-handedly defeated India in the Guwahati Test.
However, miles away from India, a former Punjab cricketer created history with an iconic century on Australian soil. This is his maiden first-class century for Tasmania during the ongoing Sheffield Shield competition against New South Wales.
Nikhil Chaudhary became the first Indian to cross the triple-figure mark as the all-rounder smashed a blistering 163 for the Tigers before Tasmania declared their innings at 623, the second-highest total in Sheffield Shield history.
Shubman Gill’s former teammate represented Punjab in one-day cricket
On this day, Caleb Jewell laid the foundation of a big innings with his first century. The one who laid the foundation was sacked and later Tim Ward and Nikhil Choudhary, two players, built a brilliant empire.
Both Tasmania Tigers batsmen, Ward and Nikhil Chaudhary scored respective centuries. Sam Konstas and Ryan Hicks negotiated a tough five-over period before stumps were declared for New South Wales.
Delhi-born Nikhil first represented Punjab and then moved to Australia in 2020. He has also played for the Punjab team along with Shubman Gill, Abhishek Sharma and Arshdeep Singh.
After being stranded during the COVID-19 pandemic, they decided to stay in the country and became permanent residents. Not being able to keep his cricket dreams alive, he also took up various odd jobs like cutting meat, delivering parcels and driving for Uber.
Nikhil Chaudhary first came into limelight when he was selected for Hobart Hurricanes in the Big Bash League, as he hit a six off Pakistan fast bowler Haris Rauf.
After a good Hobart Hurricanes season, he surprisingly earned a Sheffield Shield call-up when Matthew Kuhnman suddenly had to leave for national team duty. Then he attracted the attention of national selector George Bailey by playing an unbeaten inning of 76 runs, which saved the match for him.
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