Indian female cricketer Smriti Mandhana has millions of fans across the country. But the vice-captain of the Indian women’s team must have felt even happier when a Chinese youth reached the stadium carrying a poster titled ‘Mandhana the Goddess’. The women’s team has won the gold medal by defeating Sri Lanka in the Asian Games. This person had come from Beijing to Hangzhou to see Mandhana in the final match.
Cricket fan Junyu Wei- Crazy about watching cricket on YouTube
This fan from Japan said that after watching cricket, he started watching cricket videos on YouTube. He became crazy about the batting of Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli, and Smriti Mandhana.
Cricket fan who is a Chinese person and is currently living in Japan
This Chinese citizen named Junyu Wei studies in Japan. He told PTI, “I saw Jasprit Bumrah bowling against Australia in the 2019 World Cup. I follow Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, both of them are the best players of today. There is Suryakumar Yadav and then Jasprit Bumrah. Bumrah bowled brilliantly against Australia in the 2019 World Cup.
How did he learn about cricket? On this, he said, “Cricket training is given at my university in Beijing. So, I know a little bit about it.”
He gave some interesting information about the venue of the final match of the Asian Games, which was actually a flower garden some time ago.
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Very few people play and know cricket in China
“There is not much cricket in China, there are very few cricket venues, very few people play it and many people don’t even know how to play it,” he said. “Only Guangzhou, where cricket was played during the 2010 Asian Games, has a permanent cricket stadium.”
He further said, “I cannot play cricket even if I want to. There is not even proper space. Even before the Asian Games, this ground was a field of flowers. It was converted into a cricket ground for the Asian Games. “Some practice match games were played here before the Asian Games.”
Sachin Tendulkar is a legend of this game
His favorite cricketer is a New Zealand captain. Yu, who is pursuing his master’s in zoology at a university in Beijing, said, “My favorite is Kane Williamson but Sachin Tendulkar is a legend of the game.
India won the gold medal by defeating Sri Lanka
India won the gold medal by defeating Sri Lanka in the women’s cricket tournament final in the Asian Games held on Monday. Sri Lanka won the silver while Bangladesh won a bronze medal by defeating Pakistan. India had scored 116 runs in the final, in reply Sri Lanka could score only 97 runs in the stipulated 20 overs.
