Engineer by day, cricketer by night: The unlikely journey of Anshuman Hooda

Anshuman Hooda was a national-level roller skater, a postgraduate of Delhi Technological University (DTU), an worker astatine a multinational institution and idiosyncratic who had ne'er played age-group cricket. After 2 failed Under-23 trials, helium contemplated quitting the game. Then came the Delhi Premier League (DPL), and a 140 kmph accelerated bowler emerged who, according to his manager Harish Dagar, tin interaction 150 kmph. Suddenly, the roadworthy from firm beingness to nonrecreational cricket did not look truthful improbable.