Cricket is a popular sport and is being played by many upcoming youngsters throughout the country. Mysore has been producing talented cricketers from time in different age categories who have gone one to represent the State in different levels. One such upcoming talent is Nikin Jose from Mysore. This youngster has been very consistent with his performance and has been the star performer in the Vijay Merchant U-16 South Zone tournament 2014 for Karnataka. Nikin with his excellent batting performance in the tournament helped Karnataka emerge as the champions with 19 points from their five games. He scored 461 runs in five innings for his State and also led the side to the title triumph. He is our “Star This Week”.
Nikin Jose, a right hand opening batsman, captained the Karnataka Under-16 team in the Vijay Merchant U-16 tournament 2014 and with his performance both as a skipper and batsman helped his team to lift the trophy. He had scores of 13 against Andhra, 146 against Goa, 96 against Tamil Nadu, 69 against Hyderabad and concluded the tournament with a excellent 92 and 45 not out against Kerala. He has emerged as the top run-getter in the tournament and is a talent to be groomed.
Nikin Jose plays for Sunny Side CC in the KSCA Mysore Zone league. In the KSCA Mysore zone under-16 tournament he scored five centuries (with two double centuries). He also captained Mysore Zone U-16 team in the Inter-zonal tournament held in Bangalore and performed well.
Nikin has represented Karnataka U-16 in the Inter-state matches in 2013-14 season and also performed well for his team in the tournament. Nikin was adjudged as the Best Under-14 player in the State and won the Best Batsman award in the Annual KSCA Awards 2013-14 held at Bangalore.
Nikin has been representing Mysore Zone in the Under-14 and Under-16 levels for the last two years and has been performing consistently. He has been encouraged by his parents, KSCA Mysore Zone and his coaches since he took up to the sport.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Sports News / Sunday, November 02nd, 2014