Virat Kohli Teammates BCCOMES UMPIRE: Kohli’s friend landed on the field as an umpire, being immersing in India A match

The medium-speed bowler Argal was the man of the match against South Africa in the final of the Under-19 World Cup played in Kuala Lumpur. Left -arm opener Srivastava left his mark in that series with 262 runs. Kohli is still active in international cricket due to his brilliant fitness and is preparing for the upcoming tour of Australia, while Srivastava and Argal are playing the role of a field umpire during the three ODI series in Kanpur.

Srivastava also umpiring in the last session of the IPL and before that he also worked with Royal Challengers Bangalore as a talent scout (talent discovery and identifier). Both passed the BCCI umpiring examination in 2023 and they have already umpted in the Ranji Trophy, Vijay Hazare Trophy, Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. Australia A series is his biggest charge so far.

Argal’s senior level career as a player was not very good. He could play only 10 matches of first class. Srivastava was a regular member of the strong team of Uttar Pradesh for nearly 10 years and played 90 first class matches. However, he could never submit a claim for the Indian team after age level. The level of domestic umpires in Indian cricket has not been very good for years. This can also be gauged from this that only Nitin Menon is part of the Elite Panel of ICC. Although these are the early days for Argal and Srivastava, both will try to reach the ICC Emirates panel and then the elite panel by performing well.