A young cricketer is once again turning heads playing well beyond his years.
Shamrudhann (Sham) Prahan Sasidharan, son of Sasidharan (Sasi) Sivamayam and Harshini Sasidharan has been playing with the U17 Calgary Colts Cricket team. What makes this more impressive is he is only nine years old.
Recently his team played with the Gujarat Hunters, a team from Calgary in a tournament. He faced 22 balls and scored two runs.
“He faced 110-115 kilometre per hour balls by under 25 team members,” said Sasi.
Despite this, they lost but are still in the tournament.
This tournament will determine the championship in Calgary and will continue in the following weeks. So far this season, the Colts have a 7-4 record.
Now the team will be going to the quarterfinals for Calgary.
“If they win the final, they will go on to provincial games,” said Sasi.
At a young age, he is getting noticed in the cricket world. Sham trains at home with his parents and also travels to Calgary to practice. Sham is ranked as the top 13th player in the Under 17 in Calgary, but just missed being selected for Team Canada. He also has the opportunity to get more time on the fields by playing with the Calgary Ladies Under 35 team.
Sasi is looking at spreading the sport to Drumheller. He is in the process of forming the Drumheller Cricket Association and hopes to put in a development program, form a team, as well as host a t20 exhibition match in September. Sasi says there is strong interest.
