Star this week: Talented cricketer: Kruthik Krishna

Cricket is a very popular game in our country and many youngsters have taken up cricket as their career. Mysuru also has the credit of producing talented cricketers who have gone on to play higher-level of cricket. On these lines is Mandya’s 16-year-old cricketer Kruthik Krishna, who has impressed everyone with his excellent performances representing the Mysuru Zone U-16 team in the ongoing KSCA Inter-Zonal U-16 Cricket Tournament in Bengaluru. He is our 'Star This Week.' Kruthik Krishna, skipper of the Mysuru Zone U-16 team is a wicket-keeper and a left-hand opening batsman. His excellent form with the bat in this tournament has enabled him to become the top run-getter in this tournament so far with 366 runs in five matches. Kruthik Krishna scored 134 (25x4, 1x6) against Tumakuru Zone and was involved in a 165-run second wicket partnership with S. Suprith (83), and helped his team to register a big innings and 73-runs win over Tumakuru Zone. He had scores of 35 against President's XI, 46 against Vice-President's XI, 40 against Raichur Zone, 23 & 39 against Bengaluru city. He also excelled behind the stumps with his wicket-keeping. Kurthik Krishna has represented Karnataka State in the Vijay Merchant Trophy U-16 (2016-17). Kruthik Krishna performed well in the All-India level and also in the South-Zone league phases of the tournament. The excellent performances in the tournament has earned him a place in the South Zone U-16 squad for the annual coaching camp  at Vaizag along with two other Mysuru Zone players L.R. Kumar and Satvik Shamanur recently. Kurthik Krishna has performed well by representing Karnataka in Vijay Merchant Trophy U-16 South-Zone Tournament 2016-17. He scored a vital 42 (5x4s) against Hyderabad in the league tie played at Shivamogga. In the pre-quarter-final knock-out All-India Tournament at Gwalior against Vidharbha, Kruthik Krishna scored a vital 55 (8x4s, 1x6s) in Karnataka’s first innings score of 243. He remained 8 n.o. in the second innings. Kruthik Krishna, plays for PET, Mandya in the KSCA Mysuru Zonal league under the guidance of his coach Mahadev in Mandya. His stint with the KSCA Mysuru Zonal Academy and guidance from coaches at the Academy and the support from the Mysuru Zone has enabled him to improve his talent further.