Enaan hopes the Indian U-19 call-up is the start of a great journey |

KOCHI: Five years ago, Shanavas Moiduttywho was then working at the Dubai airport, sent his wife and children back to his native Kerala after his eldest son, Mohd Enaani was selected for U-14 team from Thrissur district. Shanavas acted on the advice of the coaches, who felt that Enaan had the potential to become a good cricketer if he received systematic training under a good coach in India.
On Saturday, Enaan took the first step towards realizing his potential when he was included in both India U-19 one-day and four-day teams to face Australia U-19 in a home series starting September 21.
A leg-spinner, Enaan claimed 24 wickets and scored over 200 runs from four Cooch Behar Trophy matches last season, which included a fiver and an 83 against Rajasthan. “I was selected for an U-19 zonal camp at the NCA in Bengaluru in April-May after the Cooch Behar Trophy. I did quite well in the camp and hoped for a call-up to the junior national team,” he said the first. – student at Sree Kerala Varma College in Thrissur.
Enaan started his career in Dubai as a fast bowler but switched to leg-spin on the advice of his first coach, Paramjit Singh. For the past four years, he has trained under the tutelage of former Kerala captain and coach P Balachandran at Athreya Cricket Academy in Mundur, Thrissur.
“Enaan is very involved in the game and has a great work ethic. He is tall and uses his height while bowling to extract bounce from the pitch. At his age, he has great control over his deliveries for a leg-spinner. He is also very handy with the bat and has all the makings of a future star,” said Balachandran.
Enaan, who idolises Afghanistan’s Rashid Khan, says he has tried to improve with both bat and ball with each passing season. “I have developed a slider and a googly, which has made me a confident bowler. As a cricketer, the dream is always to play for the senior Indian team, but I know I still have a long way to go,” said the lad. from Punnayurkulam to Thrissur.