Want to Hit Sixes Like MS Dhoni, Says Manzoor Dar — Only Kashmiri in IPL

Manzoor Dar.

New Delhi: From acting as a worker on an every day wage of Rs 60 to bringing an IPL contract worth Rs 20 lakh. Jammu and Kashmir batsman Manzoor Dar has secured a separation more striking than the 100-meter sixes he is known for. 

Considering the hardships he has confronted, the IPL contract with Kings XI Punjab is an extraordinary minute for the huge hitting Dar, who at last predicts better circumstances for him and his substantial family living in a dull town in Bandipora area.

Numerous were made overnight tycoons yet in the event that there was one glad story developing for the IPL sell off a weekend ago, it was Dar. The stout batsman, who earned a name for hitting 100 meter sixes, was the last player to be purchased by Kings XI Punjab. 

"I am extremely appreciative to god for this open door, additionally KXIP and Preity (Zinta) mam. My life has been loaded with battle and when I at last found a group (at sell off), I pondered the time I used to gain Rs 60 in the town as a day by day worker," Dar told PTI from Jammu where he is planning for the state group trials for the Vijay Hazare Trophy one month from now. 

amily: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Being the main player from Jammu and Kashmir to be picked in the IPL was a major ordeal for his little town as well as for the whole state. 

"I addressed my mom a brief time prior. She revealed to me somewhere in the range of 30,000 individuals went to my home to salute. It is extremely moving to get such love," he said. 

Dar was a whiz when it came to hitting immense sixes. He was searching for approaches to profit to deal with his more youthful kin, four sisters and three siblings, and one day he was advised by his neighborhood mentor to carry out his specialty in club cricket. 

He discovered moment acknowledgment there yet juggling between the night employment of a security protect and playing the following morning was difficult. 

"Yet, it was the main way I could continue playing. I functioned as a night monitor from 2008 to 2012 yet it was likewise the time I made my name in club cricket. The point was to play however many matches as could be expected under the circumstances since it implied more cash. I plainly recollect that I didn't have shoes or cricket adapt when I played my first club amusement," he reviewed. 

"It was not until the point when 2011 when I began suspecting that cricket could be a long haul profession choice. That was the first occasion when I gave trials for the state group however could just make my residential introduction in 2017," said Dar, who has nine T20s and four List A diversions since his lady state appearance in January a year ago. 

He is for the most part known as 'Pandav' in cricketing circles yet that isn't a result of his enormous hitting ability. 

"I was in seventh grade and we were playing a zonal kabaddi coordinate. Five focuses were required and I attacked into the resistance territory and dragged three players to my side. From that point forward they began calling me Pandav. The whole valley knows me by this name as it were." 

Jammu and Kashmir's Parveez Rasool, who has additionally played for India, went unsold in the sale and Dar was just the second last player to go under the sledge in the two-day occasion. 
He was cheerful of getting a group a year ago however when Rajasthan Royals called him for trials this time, he turned out to be more sure about his odds. Just two weeks back, Dar was playing against his legend Yuvraj Singh in a household T20 occasion in Delhi, yet never thought they both could be colleagues. Yuvraj too will speak to KXIP this season. 

"It will be gigantic to play close by him. The others in the diversion whom I gaze upward to are Kapil Dev and MS Dhoni. I generally needed to hit sixes like Dhoni," he spouted. 

Rs 20 lakh may not be an immense sum for current cricketers however for Dar, it is the start of a superior life. 

"I have been building the house back home for as far back as three years. Regardless it doesn't have entryways and windows yet ideally I would have the capacity to complete the work now. I will likewise utilize the cash for the treatment of my sickly mother," said Dar.