Nikhil Chaudhary and Tanveer Sangha (Agency Image)
Because of our mom and dad working hard for us, “It’s just a different culture we have in India, where we just take everything for granted. Because i moved to Australia doesn’t mean he’s going to support Australia,” Nikhil said, just.
But then I had to make that decision of going away from the family and starting a new journey,” Nikhil told TOI on the eve of Australia’s second ‘A’ one-dayer. If you are not hard-working and not able to struggle, then it’s not possible to actually play for Australia,” the hard-hitting middle-order batter said. “They’ve made huge sacrifices to get us here,” Tanveer said. “My job is to keep getting better and hopefully take over his spot when he retires,” he said.
“I was already playing for Punjab. Here, I had to start from zero. “My dad still supports India. “They’ve given me everything, the resources, their time, taking me everywhere to training and games. Tanveer is also eyeing a return to the Australian side, with Adam Zampa currently firmly established as the first-choice leg-spinner. The youngster, however, sees Zampa’s presence as motivation rather than a roadblock.