Surat: History was made in Indian women’s cricket on Sunday. Indian women’s cricket team won the ICC trophy for the first time. The Under 19 Women’s team won the T20 World Cup by easily defeating England in the final and made the name of the tricolor shine in the world. All the players of the team including captain Shefali Varma are being praised. But few would know that Surat played a major role in the U19 T20 World Cup victory. Apoorva Desai, a cricket coach originally from Surat, has played an important role in the U-19 T20 World Cup.
Apoorva Desai was appointed as the batting coach of the Under-19 women’s cricket team by the BCCI before the World Cup. It is a matter of pride for Surat and Gujarat that Apoorva Desai, the batting coach of the Under-19 Women’s Cricket Team, hails from Surat. Apoorva Desai lives in Vesu area of Surat. He has played Ranji. He has been associated with Lalbhai Contractor Stadium in Surat for many years. Apoorva Desai has been working as a cricket coach for 19 years. He is the batting coach at NCA.
Apoorva Desai became the first person from Surat to win the World Cup trophy
It is a matter of pride for Surat that Apoorva Desai has become the first Surati to win the World Cup trophy. Expressing the happiness of the win, Apoorva says that lifting the World Cup trophy is a wonderful feeling. 19-year-old Mehet has got the fruit. Regarding the journey to the World Cup, Apoorva Desai said that the women’s cricket team was formed for the T20 World Cup in August 2022. Women’s World Cup has been won due to hard work done in a short span of just 7 months. It’s a lot of fun.
Made squad for World Cup 7 months ago: Apoorva Desai
It was decided by ICC to play Women’s Under-19 T20 World Cup for the first time. Before that, India did not have an Under-19 T20 women’s team. 125 women cricketers camped in May 2022. 20-25 cricketers were selected from them in phases. The real training of women cricketers started from August 2022. So it can be said that World Cup can be won after only 6-7 months of hard training. It would not be unfair to say that Apoorva Desai created a miracle in 6 months.