From Tailor's Son to IPL Star: Zeeshan Ansari's Inspiring Journey to Sunrisers Hyderabad

New Delhi: The Sunrisers Hyderabad team may not have done anything special in the IPL this year, but one of their players has made a lot of headlines. The player we are talking about here is none other than Zeeshan Ansari. Ansari won everyone's heart with his debut match. But do you know that Zeeshan has traveled till here with a lot of difficulties.

Zeeshan did wonders

Zeeshan surprised everyone by dismissing legends like Faf du Plessis, Jake Fraser McGurk and KL Rahul against Delhi Capitals in his very first match. Zeeshan's father is a tailor and he worked very hard to fulfill his son's dream. Zeeshan considers Shane Warne as his idol and is learning bowling tricks from Muttiah Muralitharan. SRH bought him for Rs 40 lakh in the mega auction.

Unknown player got a place in the team

Zeeshan was suddenly included in the Delhi Capitals team. Many questions were raised on this decision of Pat Cummins. Zeeshan Ansari was an unknown player. But Zeeshan proved his captain's trust right. He bowled brilliantly and dismissed many big players. Zeeshan made South African legend Faf du Plessis his first IPL victim. After this, he also dismissed Australia's Jake Fraser McGurk and India's superstar KL Rahul. In this match, Zeeshan took 3 wickets for 42 runs in 4 overs. His bowling was impressive.

Ansari came to the eyes of IPL franchises after taking the most wickets in the inaugural season of the UP T20 League with 24 wickets in 12 matches at an economy rate of 7.60. In the high-scoring final, he bowled a brilliant 4-0-20-1 to give Meerut Mavericks a win.

Zeeshan hails from Uttar Pradesh

Zeeshan Ansari hails from Uttar Pradesh. Before the IPL, he had played only one T20 match at the senior level. He represented Uttar Pradesh in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. In that match, he gave 32 runs, but did not get any wicket. Zeeshan has also played 5 first class matches for Uttar Pradesh. In which he has taken 17 wickets. Zeeshan Ansari's family is quite big. There are 19 members in his family. Ansari represented India in the 2016 Under-19 World Cup. India was the runner-up in that tournament. Rishabh Pant was also included in that team.

Zeeshan's father is a tailor

Zeeshan's father is a tailor. He worked very hard to fulfill his son's dream. When Zeeshan did not get a place in the age group teams, his father was a little disappointed. Zeeshan's family was big and if he worked, the family could have been helped. But his father encouraged him to play cricket. He fulfilled his son's dream by stitching clothes. Zeeshan considers Australia's late leg spinner Shane Warne as his idol.