Hanuma Vihari?s Preparation for India's tour of Australia

Posted by Atin Jain on October 25th, 2018

Indian cricketer Hanuma Vihari who plays for Andhra in Indian domestic cricket and the one who made his Test debut in England in the 5th and final match of the series had said that he has already started his preparations for India's tour of Australia which is scheduled next month.

Hanuma Vihari made his Test debut for India in September 2018. It was only last month that he had made his Test debut at the Oval. In the sixth edition of the Indian Premier League in 2013, Vihari played for Sunrisers Hyderabad.

In one of the matches against Royal Challengers Bangalore in Hyderabad, Vihari opened the bowling attack as an off-spinner and removed Chris Gayle for just 1. He also scored an unbeaten 46 in the same match while chasing.

Vihari once said that Yes, he does remember every bit of it. He had faced difficulty in adjusting to those conditions initially as the ball was moving a lot. However, after he got settled everything fell in place and he could play his natural game.

Recently, In the first match of the Deodhar Trophy at Delhi's Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium, Vihari had scored a match-winning 87 not out for India 'B' against India 'A'.

Hanuma Vihari said that he knows that it will be difficult for him to get into the Test eleven while playing at home as five bowlers will play in India and he understands that. He told that he had already started preparing for India vs Australia tour and, if given an opportunity, will attempt to perform well.

Vihari says his journey has many ups and downs especially when he did not get a chance to play at a higher level in spite of his good performance in the Ranji Trophy. But that is part of history now. Vihari on remembering his days of struggle emotionally told that his mother had sacrificed a lot for him, all this whatever he has achieved today is because of her. 

Vihari 26th Indian to score 50 on Test debut. Vihari is a huge admirer of Dhoni. He also praises skipper Virat Kohli. He said, "Virat is very passionate and aggressive on the field. It is something which rubs on to the other players also. It was a good experience to play alongside him at the Oval in those conditions. It gave me a lot of confidence."