{"id":33475,"date":"2020-06-28T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-28T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/?p=2622086"},"modified":"2020-06-28T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-28T09:00:00","slug":"amar-virdi-hopes-to-follow-monty-panesars-footsteps-into-england-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/06\/28\/amar-virdi-hopes-to-follow-monty-panesars-footsteps-into-england-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Amar Virdi hopes to follow Monty Panesar\u2019s footsteps into England team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"233\" height=\"24\" src=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/4223-unnamed.jpg\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;\" link_thumbnail=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>XtraTime Web Desk:&nbsp;<\/strong>21 year old Sikh spinner Amar Virdi is looking to follow the footsteps of former England cricketer Monty Panesar. Virdi is now in the 30 member England provisional squad training the Ageas Bowl ahead of next month&rsquo;s home series against West Indies.<\/p>\n<p><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8679006460986331\" data-ad-slot=\"5683039816\" data-adsbygoogle-status=\"done\"><ins id=\"aswift_1_expand\"><ins id=\"aswift_1_anchor\"><\/ins><\/ins><\/ins>Sharing his thoughts during a virtual press conference Virdi said, &ldquo;Growing up I watched (spinners) Graeme Swann and Monty Panesar bowling, that was inspirational to me.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"d9910c9fcfddfa8f69e4d18133322093\" data-index=\"3\"><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8679006460986331\" data-ad-slot=\"8179220921\" data-adsbygoogle-status=\"done\"><ins id=\"aswift_2_expand\"><ins id=\"aswift_2_anchor\"><\/ins><\/ins><\/ins>Talking about Panesar, Virdi said, &ldquo;Monty, obviously, because he looks similar to me. In the community I am from we are a minority in a lot of industries. So when you do see someone progressing and doing well in the field you are in it really motivates you and shows you that you can do it.&rdquo;<\/div>\n<p>&ldquo;I definitely want to be playing in the first Test and I want to be in the squad,&rdquo; said Virdi, who claimed 69 wickets from 23 first class matches.<br \/>&ldquo;If I didn&rsquo;t want to do that I probably shouldn&rsquo;t be here,&rdquo; he added.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m very proud of myself that I&rsquo;ve got to this stage. The next stage is about pushing for a Test place and whenever that does happen, I&rsquo;m going to keep working hard.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Left-arm spinner Panesar played 50 Tests for England between 2006 and 2013, before mental health issues put a full stop in his career.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tags\">\n<div><strong>See Campaign: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/xtratime.in\/amar-virdi-hopes-to-follow-monty-panesars-footsteps-into-england-team\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/xtratime.in\/amar-virdi-hopes-to-follow-monty-panesars-footsteps-into-england-team\/<\/a><br \/><b>Contact Information:<\/b><br \/>XtraTime<\/p>\n<p><b>Tags:<\/b><br \/><a href=\"\"><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/news-category\/wire\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Wire<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/global-regions\/united-states\/\" rel=\"category tag\">United States<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/language\/english\/\" rel=\"category tag\">English<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"image\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" class=\"cwdfimg\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>Contact Information:<\/h3>\n<p>XtraTime<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"233\" height=\"24\" src=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/4223-unnamed.jpg\" alt=\"\">XtraTime Web Desk:&nbsp;21 year old Sikh spinner Amar Virdi is looking to follow the footsteps of former England cricketer Monty Panesar. Virdi is now in the 30 member England provisional squad training the Ageas Bowl ahead of next month&rsquo;s home series against West Indies. Sharing his thoughts during a virtual press conference Virdi said, &ldquo;Growing &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/2020\/06\/28\/amar-virdi-hopes-to-follow-monty-panesars-footsteps-into-england-team\/\">Continue reading <span>Amar Virdi hopes to follow Monty Panesar&rsquo;s footsteps into England team<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/06\/28\/amar-virdi-hopes-to-follow-monty-panesars-footsteps-into-england-team\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":137,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,22,54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english","category-united-states","category-wire"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Amar Virdi hopes to follow Monty Panesar\u2019s footsteps into England team - Business<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/06\/28\/amar-virdi-hopes-to-follow-monty-panesars-footsteps-into-england-team\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Amar Virdi hopes to follow Monty Panesar\u2019s footsteps into England team - Business\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"XtraTime Web Desk:&nbsp;21 year old Sikh spinner Amar Virdi is looking to follow the footsteps of former England cricketer Monty Panesar. 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