Coimbatore: J Suresh Kumar, a native of Coimbatore has scored an unbeaten 223 from 132 balls in the TNCA second division league match held at Sumangali Reddy's Cricket Ground in Chennai on Saturday.
Coimbatore: J Suresh Kumar, a native of Coimbatore has scored an unbeaten 223 from 132 balls in the TNCA second division league match held at Sumangali Reddy's Cricket Ground in Chennai on Saturday.
Wicket-keeper batsman from the city, now becomes the first Coimbatore cricketer to score double century in the city league. Suresh Kumar's innings includes 23 boundaries and 9 sixes.
City lad who was part of Lyca Kovai Kings for past two seasons of TNPL, didn't get a chance to prove his ability in big stage like TNPL but Suresh showed his ability and class in his first innings in the Tamil Nadu Premier league campaign.
Starting his cricket career at the age of 21, Suresh Kumar represented a third division team in Coimbatore league. Later he started representing for Coimbatore district team in the inter districts cricket tournaments where he gained lot of experience to push his career forward.
With his consistent performance in the game, he kept his head high and kept moving forward. Scored couple of centuries in the Coimbatore district cricket league matches and has contributed to the Coimbatore district cricket team several times.
As he was consistently scoring runs in the TNCA city league matches, he was picked by Lyca Kovai Kings in the year 2018. Though he was talented and had scored in the practice games for Lyca Kovai Kings, he didn't get a chance to prove himself in the 2018 edition of TNPL.
Lyca Kovai Kings retained Suresh Kumar in the recently concluded edition of TNPL but he didn't get a chance to feature in the playing XI. Suresh Kumar was naturally disappointed as he didn't get a chance in the team.
Playing his first league match after the TNPL campaign, Suresh Kumar marked his presence in the TNCA Second Division League with a record breaking unbeaten 223 runs. His blazing innings of 223 with a strike rate of 169 has once again brought him to the limelight of selectors.
There are plenty of talented cricketers in the world. As we have seen over a century, talent alone is not enough. Some of the athletes with great potential never pan out to become great players. What separates the good from the great is consistent performance, determination and work ethic.
Talking about his performance, Suresh Kumar added that, "after losing couple of wickets early, I was planning to play full innings. The wicket was slow and was very helpful for the batsmen to score. So I tried to stay in the middle as long as I can. As the game progressed, the wicket turned in our favour and I took the charge and played my natural game which actually gave the result".
Suresh credits his coach Suresh Kumar for his achievement.