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     Esperanza Bewarse Legend Username: Esperanza Post Number: 15694 Registered: 08-2004 Posted From: 91.152.99.131 Rating: N/A |
Confirmed from WIKi...he is a telugu guy Paul Chandrashekar Valthaty (Telugu: పాల్ చంద్రశేకర్ వలతాటి; born December 7, 1983, Mumbai) is an Indian cricketer who currently plays for Kings XI Punjab in the Indian Premier League. He hails from the state of Andhra Pradesh from a Telugu Christian family.[1] He was a student at Don Bosco High School(Borivali). A top-order batsman who occasionally bowls medium-pace, Paul Valthaty shot into the limelight with a blistering century for Kings XI Punjab in the 2011 IPL season. Valthaty had a nondescript career till then, since making his way up the levels of age group cricket in Mumbai during the late 1990s. He made India's Under-19 squad to the 2002 World Cup in New Zealand with the likes of Irfan Pathan and Parthiv Patel where an injury to his eye in the game against Bangladesh halted his development. He couldn't make the breakthrough into senior cricket for years, and got just one opportunity for Mumbai, a one-dayer in 2006. There was no high-profile cricket for him for another few years, till Rajasthan Royals punted on him in the 2009 season, where he played a couple of matches. That earned him a place in Mumbai's Twenty20 side, and he turned in a few powerful performances for them, which led to a contract with Kings XI Punjab in 2011. space for lease |