10 March 2023 | Cricket

Harshal Panchal feels he is on course to represent the national team on a more permanent basis after winning the MVP award for the men’s Uganda Cricket top-flight league last season. Panchal started playing for Avengers in the local league in 2019 and has developed a reputation for being a nagging line and length bowler. He has taken lots of wickets every time he was on the pitch and caught the eye of national team coach Laurence Mahatlane who invited him to be part of the Uganda Select squad for the series against Kenya in the first edition of the Pearl of Africa Series in 2019. In 2022, he finished among the top 10 batters in the league with 201 runs from 8 innings, with two half-centuries to his name and had the most sixes (14) of any batter the whole season. His improvement also allowed him to finish the season with 15 scalps, 3 wickets behind the best bowler Yash Joshi with an economy of 3.93 from 8 matches. Harsh believes his performance should catch more than just the eye of Laurence Mahatlane but it should translate into getting a permanent spot in the national team.

My inspiration last season was my Mum and Uncle Nirav Sewak who is the also the manager of Avengers. I want to make sure that I keep improving in all aspects of my game this year and hopefully I can finally get my chance in the Cricket Cranes yellow. Harsha Panchal, 2022 Division 1 MVP

Harsha Panchal is looking forward to the 2023 season and this time he hopes he can win something with Avengers.

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