New Delhi: Left-arm spinner Harmeet Singh, who is part of the impressive USA team in the ongoing T20 World Cup in the US, has revealed that Indian captain Rohit Sharma's coach Dinesh Lad played an important role in shaping him. Is. Has played a role. Livelihood.

The 31-year-old represented India in two Under-19 World Cups and played for Mumbai at the age-group level before moving to the United States. He is now a member of the US team that made it to the Super Eight stage in its first appearance in the showpiece.

"I would like to thank all those who supported me in this journey and especially Dinesh Lad Sir. My talent was first recognized by Lad Sir, who was my coach and mentor during my school days (Rohit Sharma from the same school Used to study from (in),” Harmeet recalled in a video shared.

He said, "In fact, he was the one who advised me to join his school. There he provided me everything he could."

Harmeet said that his progress would not have been possible without Lad.

"I joined Swami Vivekananda School. We broke many records, there was no cricket in the suburbs then, but now looking back it all seems like a dream. Whatever we achieved in school was due to Lad Sir's Could not have been achieved without support.” Not possible,” he said.

“The passion with which he worked on us and the dedication he showed by sending us to Shivaji Park Gymkhana for better training under Padmakar Shivalkar sir and Praveen Amre sir,” he said.

The United States begins its Super Eight campaign on June 19 against South Africa.