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May 4, 2018 2:29 am

Valley boy Mujtaba Yousuf excited over ZCA call-up

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Srinagar—Emerging young left arm pacer Mujtaba Yousuf is excited over getting a call-up to get trained in Zonal Cricket Academy, Delhi.

The call-up comes on the back of some serious performances with the ball in various age-group tournament where cricket pundits earmarked him as one for the future.

Mujtaba-who hails from South Kashmir’s Bijbehara town, has impressed one and all with his pace and action which has already seen him get picked for North Zone U-16 team and India U-19 national camp.

His shock exclusion from J&K U-19 team didn’t put the lanky pacer off as Mujtaba continued to improve. The call-up to Zonal Cricket Academy is certainly a step in direction for overall growth of the pacer.

The Zonal Cricket Academy camp is being conducted at Gurgaon Delhi where all the top U-19 cricketers from North India are being trained in highly systematic environment.

“The camp is something you need  in early stages of the career. You learn lot of things and get to know the areas where improvement is needed. I am very excited to be part of this camp overseen by some top coaches and trainers,” Mujtaba told Kashmir Observer.

  “Here we get to train in a very healthy surroundings with skilled coaches and facilities. We surely are enjoying being here,” he said.

Mujtaba is a part of four-member batch from J&K taking part in the camp. The other three being Qamraan Iqbal, Jiyaad Magrey, Kanhaiya Wadwan and Aditya Chib.

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