Unmukt Chand is a cricketer from India. He originally hails from Khudku Bhalya village of Pithoragarh District,Uttarakhand. He plays for Delhi in Indian domestic tournaments and Delhi Daredevils in the IPL.Unmukt Chand led the India Under-19 cricket team to the U-19 Cricket World Cup victory in 2012 played inTownsville, a city on the north-eastern coast of Australia. He hit an unbeaten century in the final against Australia.
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Full name Unmukt Chand
Born March 26, 1993, Delhi
Current age 19 years 153 days
Major teams Delhi, Delhi Daredevils, India Under-19s
Playing role Top-order batsman
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Childhood
Unmukt is the son of Bharat Chand Thakur,who is teacher at Rajkiya Pratibha Vikas Vidyalaya at Surajmal Vihar , and Rajeshwari Chand. Unmukt started playing cricket when he was 6 years old. Unmukt's uncle Sunder Chand Thakur has played a major role in encouraging him to play cricket.He did his schooling in Delhi Public School Noida and Modern School, Barakhambha Road in Delhi. He is currently a student of St. Stephens College, Delhi. He plays for the L.B. Shastri Club situated in Bharat Nagar. His coach is Sanjay Bhardwaj, who is also Gautam Gambhir's coach. He has represented Delhi in the U-15, U-16 and U-19 age groups. Just like all the followers of cricket, he too is a fan of Sachin Tendulkar. The shot that he enjoys playing is the square cut.He is often compared to India's Rising star Virat Kohli and we hope that in future unmukt will become a part of indian cricket team.
Career
He has scored 435 runs during his stint with the Delhi U-19 team. The 435 runs include 2 centuries and 1 half century. His outstanding performance in the U-19, gave him a place in the Delhi Ranji squad. He scored 151 runs on a seaming track against a seasoned Railways attack in Ranji trophy 2010-11. That year he also scored 2 half centuries against Assam and Saurashtra. In fact he scored 400 runs for Delhi in 5 Ranji matches. He was the captain of the Delhi U-19 team and the North Zone U-19 team. He then went on to become the captain of the India Under-19 cricket team for the quadrangular series that was held in Vishakhapatnam, India. The quadrangular series included U-19 teams from India, Sri Lanka, West Indiesand Australia. He scored an unbeaten 122 against Sri Lanka U-19. He ended the tournament with 336 runs from seven outings, just one behind Australia’s Cameron Bancroft.He is also a part of the IPL team, Delhi Daredevils. He has participated in Vinoo Mankad Trophy and the Cooch Behar Trophy at the junior level. He was the junior most player in the IPL IV. Playing for Delhi Daredevils he was clean bowled on the second ball by Lasith Malinga in the Delhi's Inaugural match against Mumbai Indians. He was caught by Rahul Dravid on the bowling of Shane Warne in his second match against Rajasthan Royals for 2 runs. He also participated in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.Currently he is playing Ranji for Delhi and scored 245 runs in 3 matches played so far. In April 2012 India U-19 cricket team have won quadrangular series in Australia under his captaincy. In Aug 2012 he won the U-19 world cup for India. He is a promising star for Indian Team.
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