IPL 2022: Budding pacer Yash Dayal living his father's dream after multi-million deal

2022 IPL auction, young left-arm pacer Yash Dayal is living the dream of his father Chandrapal Dayal, who was once a medium pacer. The 24-year-old from Allahabad was snapped up by the Gujarat Titans at the IPL mega auction on Sunday, bringing immense joy to his family.

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"His father was a cricketer. He had played Vizzy Trophy and was also a medium-pacer but for some reasons, could not play further. He is currently working in the AG office in Allahabad. His son fulfilled his dream," Yash's coach Amit Pal told PTI. "He brought Yash to me when he was around 14-15 years old. I was cricket coach at the Madan Mohan Malaviya stadium in Allahabad then. Yash came to me and we started training." Pal said like most players who make it big, Yash too climbed up the ranks through age-group cricket.

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"He was selected in the U-19 camp, but that time he wasn't selected for the U-19 team, but he kept working hard and next time, he got a chance for U-23. But then also, he was able to take one or two wickets in a couple of games," he said. But then came the turning point, after which Dayal did not