{"id":29445,"date":"2018-04-26T10:54:43","date_gmt":"2018-04-26T10:54:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/?p=29445"},"modified":"2018-04-26T10:59:18","modified_gmt":"2018-04-26T10:59:18","slug":"full-of-energy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/?p=29445","title":{"rendered":"Full of Energy"},"content":{"rendered":"

An exclusive interview with RCB all-rounder Aniruddha Joshi who candidly talks about his struggles and the road to the IPL.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Aniruddha Joshi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

He is one of the two players from Karnataka to have made it into team Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), and he\u2019s predictably thrilled about it. Meet Aniruddha Joshi, a small-town lad from Gadag, who\u2019s worked painstakingly to make his way into the IPL. We caught up with the all-rounder who got candid about his struggles and more\u2026<\/p>\n

\u201cIt feels really good to be playing for RCB. When the auction was happening, Pavan (Deshpande) and I were giving our officers\u2019 exam for SBI. When I got done with the exam, I had 134 Whatsapp messages and 40 missed calls! My mom called me and told me that I\u2019d been picked for RCB, and honestly, it felt so surreal that I didn\u2019t know how to react. \u00a0I felt on top of the world \u2014 to be sharing dressing rooms with players like Virat Kohli and ABD is something else,\u201d smiles Aniruddha.<\/p>\n

How has the IPL journey been so far for him? \u201cWe had a preparatory camp before the tournament. Daniel Vettori and Ashish Nehra have been guiding us and captain Kohli has been really nice. I\u2019m a huge admirer of his \u2014 he was so positive during and after the first game \u2014 it\u2019s been amazing to be around him,\u201d reveals Aniruddha, who\u2019s also been interacting with international players like Moeen Ali, Colin de Grandhomme and Chris Woakes. \u201cThey are all such kind-hearted people. It was so nice speaking to Moeen as he talked to me in Hindi too! I haven\u2019t interacted with the legendary ABD yet, I\u2019ve only just met him,\u201d he adds.<\/p>\n

As he takes us back to his early days, he reveals that with Sunil Joshi as his uncle, it was obvious that his family was a cricket-loving one. \u201cWhen I was 14, I started playing cricket with my father as my first coach. After that, I played club matches in Gadag, a place with hardly any facilities. So, I went to the academy in Hubli for want of better facilities. I represented the Dharwad Zone at 17, and that year, I was chosen to play for Karnataka U-17. I came here for the U-19 and got a job in DTDC as a guest player where I played many matches and scored runs and later, I got a job in SBM (now SBI). When I moved to B\u2019luru, my mentor Santosh Menon helped me a lot,\u201d he shares.<\/p>\n

Having toiled quite a bit to get here, the cricketer reveals that he used to take the train from Gadag to the KSCA Academy in Hubli every day. \u201cI\u2019d reach there by 6.30 am. I\u2019d finish practice and catch the train at 10.30 and post 11, I\u2019d go to school. It\u2019s been a tough journey and now, my hard work is paying off.\u201d<\/p>\n

As for his uncle, Aniruddha reveals that Sunil has been a constant source of support. \u201cHe\u2019s a big role model to me. Whenever, I have asked anything from him, he has taken me to his house and helped me. Even now, I take advice from him and he calls me everyday to check on my preparation. For the past few years, he\u2019s been telling me that my time will come if I perform well,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

While RCB lost their opening game against KKR, Aniruddha isn\u2019t worried. \u201cThis is my debut IPL. I\u2019ve learnt so many things. In fact, I wasn\u2019t even on Instagram \u2014 Pavan made me join the platform recently,\u201d he laughs.<\/p>\n

source: http:\/\/www.asianage.com \/ The Asian Age \/ Home> Life > More Features \/ by Ikyatha Yerasala \/ The Asian Age \/ April 15th, 2018<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

An exclusive interview with RCB all-rounder Aniruddha Joshi who candidly talks about his struggles and the road to the IPL. He is one of the two players from Karnataka to have made it into team Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), and he\u2019s predictably thrilled about it. Meet Aniruddha Joshi, a small-town lad from Gadag, who\u2019s worked … Continue reading Full of Energy<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29445"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29445\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29451,"href":"https:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29445\/revisions\/29451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}