Three boys from Chhattisgarh just got the call most young Indian cricketers only dream about.
Not the IPL.
Not yet.
But something just as important — a ticket to the BCCI Centre of Excellence in Bengaluru. 🏏
The All India Junior and Senior Selection Committees just released the squads for the BCCI Emerging Teams Tournament 2026.
And tucked inside those team sheets… three names from Raipur.
Three different teams.
Three different roles.
One small state quietly punching above its weight.
From 6 July to 24 July, India's most promising young cricketers will gather at the brand-new BCCI Centre of Excellence in Bengaluru.
This isn't a quick T20 sprint.
It's the opposite.
Three multi-day matches.
Red-ball grind.
Long sessions under the Karnataka sun.
The kind of cricket that actually builds Test players.
👉 And here's the part that hits different — they'll train alongside the country's top BCCI coaches inside India's swankiest cricket facility.
The same campus designed to feed the senior India team.
For years, Indian cricket was a story written by Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai.
The big metros.
The old academies.
But the map is changing.
A spinner, a keeper-batter, and an opener — all from one state association — getting picked in a single national selection cycle is not a coincidence.
It's a signal.
Chhattisgarh isn't waiting to be discovered anymore.
It's showing up.
For Varun, Mayank and Ayush, July becomes the most important month of their young careers.
Scouts will be watching.
State coaches will be watching.
Future IPL franchises will be watching.
Three weeks.
Three matches.
One chance to turn a state-level reputation into a national one.
Sometimes a career-defining moment doesn't arrive with fireworks.
Sometimes it arrives as a name on a team sheet.
And for three kids from Chhattisgarh — that moment just landed.
That's all for now!
