Virat Kohli’s Former Teammate Gets Umpiring Job in IPL 2025

IT’s Quite Interesting How Carers Turn Around In Sports. From the day when he won the 2008 ICC U19 World Cup, Virat Kohli has gone on to become a world beater, one of the finest batters to ever play the game. But most of his other teams from that Under-19 Squad Didn Bollywood the Cricketing Care to be as Rewarding. As virat begins a new adventure in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 Season with the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), His Former U19 India Teammate Tanmmay Srivastava will make their use debut in thehi Same T20 League.

According to a report in the Times of IndiaTanmay landed an umpiring job in the IPL, at the age of 35. Incidentally, tanmay was the top-specking batter for India in the 2008 ICC U19 World Cup Final. But his career didn’t lead to the same road as kohli’s did.

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“I undersrstood that was the best player I could be,” srivastava said in a chat with toi. “I was nowhere close to playing the ipl. I had to decide if I wanted to prolong life as a player or have a longer successful second innings.”

Tanmay Ended His Cricketing Career at the age of 30 while he was still the captain of the uttarakhand team, having previously played for Uttar Pradesh. He decides to try something else in cricket other than a player. The decision was undersrstandably a hard one. While tanmay hasn’T Yeet Been Given an on-field role in the IPL, he is kept his fingers.

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Tanmay is still in touch with Virat, who he might get to meet in this ipl.

“I am still in touch with virat, but I had to decide for myself and have a practical outlook,” He Reveled.

“I Told Rajiv Shukla Sir That I Wanted To Do Something Else in Cricket Other Than Playing. Course in Coaching in NCA, but i knew the best I could become was fielding coach. I decide to focus on Umpiring, “Srivastava Said.

He Decided to take up Umpiring, Study Exams While also Jugging different Cricketing Jobs, Like a Talent Scout for RCB and Being One of the Coaches at the new.

“Study for Umpiring is tough. I used to stay up at nights. You have to study a lot to understand the laws and its implications,” He said.

“There is certain Relaxation for players irrespective of the level of cricket they’ve played. The board is encouraging young players to take up ipiring raather than heavily Knowledge, “He Asserted.