IPL 2018: Nervous Kamlesh Nagarkoti Sat Inside the Washroom as Teams were Bidding for him

India’s U-19 cricketers Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Shubman Gill and Prithvi Shaw had different reactions to the IPL auctions on Sunday where they were up for bidding and got themselves lucrative contracts. They are currently in New Zealand playing the ICC U-19 World Cup, where they will they face Pakistan in the semifinals.

For Nagarkoti, it was a nerve wrecking experience, as he shut himself up in the bathroom while his bidding was going on. Kolkata Knight Riders bought Nagarkoti by 3.2 crores.

“Andar se thoda nervous tha mai (I was a little nervous from within). My friends kept calling non-stop, but I didn’t pick up the phone. I didn’t watch my bidding. When my room partner Pankaj Yadav turned on the live stream, I couldn’t take it. I said ‘yaar, main jaa raha hoon (mate, I’m off). I went and sat inside the washroom even as my bidding kept going on,” Nagarkoti said ESPNcricinfo.

The first thing Nagarkoti did after bagging a deal was to call his parent; however, couldn’t talk much.

“TV channels were home to interview them, so I couldn’t talk for long, but they were happy.

Later, someone tagged them being interviewed on Facebook. They were very happy. I’d only ever watched one IPL match at the stadium before this. To be playing now is a great feeling. I was watching Chris Lynn batting in the BBL on TV. Now I’ll get a chance to bowl to him in the nets. It’s quite unbelievable,” Nagarkoti added further.

Nagarkoti has been in scintillating form in New Zealand in the ICC U-19 World Cup. Not only this, he had bowled at good pace troubling the opponent batsmen more often than not. India will need Nagarkoti to shine once again when the Men in Blue takes on arch-rivals Pakistan in the semis.

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