Khaleel Ahmed made his international debut on Tuesday as India took on Hong Kong in their first game of the ongoing Asia Cup in UAE𒐪.
Ahmed received his debut ODI cap from captain Rohit Sh𒈔arma becominꦬg the 222nd player to represent India in the 50 overs format.
The 20-year-old Tonk born pacer has been in 🦂the reckoning for some time, he also idolises Zaheer Khan. The left-armer is on the fast track and has been around in the IPL for three years.
Khaleel was first picked by Delhi Daredevils in IPL 2016 but didn’t get to play for them. However, he spent valuable time under the then coach Rahul Dravid and captain Zaheer Khan.
Later, Kha🔯leel was🥂 picked by the Sunrisers Hyderabad franchise at the 2018 IPL auctions, for Rs 3 crore. He played one match for them this season.
Meanwhile, Twitter is delighted with Khaleel Ahmed’s inclusion in the Indian side.
Here is how Twitter reacted:
Congratulations Khaleel Ahmed on🌱 earning your maiden cap against Hong Kong in 👏
— SunRisers Hyderabad (@SunRisers)
Khaleel Ahmed makes his ODI debut
-Was with DD in 2016 and 2017. SRH in 2018
-From Tonk, Rajasthan
-Clocked 148 kmph in the recently concluded Mushtaq Ali tournament (Took 17 wickets in 10 games)
– Idolises Zaheer Khan. Has trained with McGrath & Ryan Harris— Sarang Bhalerao (@bhaleraosarang)
A debut for Khaleel Ahmed. Still relatively inexperienced but highly rated within the cricket commuꦐnity in India
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha)
As e🥂xpected, Khaleel Ahmed gets his maiden ODI cap
— betvisa68.com (@CricketTimesHQ)
Congratulations Khaleel Ahmed On India Cap 🧢
— Rajesh Khilare (@Cricrajeshpk)
becahara Khaleel Ahmed is gonna spend his entire career without ever having his name pronounced cor♋rectly. Laxman Sivaramakrishnan just called him Kalil.
— Hassan Cheema (@mediagag)
Rohit Sharma hands over the cap to
What a moment for the young pacer!— निष्कर्ष (Nishh) (@Nishkarsh1108)
Young Left Arm Pacer Debut For INDIA 🇮🇳
Hope He will shine Like 🙌— Pavan Kumar Gowda (@PavanJagger)
Good luck, Khaleel Ahmed 👍🏼
— Saurabh Malhotra (@MalhotraSaurabh)
Big day🃏 in the life of . An India cap is a special moment. Congratulations young man!
— Mikkhail Vaswani (@MikkhailVaswani)
Khaleel Ahmed gets ODI cap. He is💙 exciting talent and l༒eft arm fast. 🇮🇳🇮🇳
— Abhiraj Singh "Chowkidar🍸"Gohil (@Im𝕴Abhi4852)
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Best of luck ! Congratula🦄tions for the !💐 Go & express yourself oꦫn the field!👍
— Shubhadip Mukherjee (@shuvo285)
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