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Who is emerging Indian cricket star, Vishnu Solanki?

Vishnu Solanki, playing for Baroda in the Ranji Trophy, did not lose his spirits even after the death of his daughter and scored a century.

By Pallav Jain
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In a time of grief, only brave hearts can perform their duties and console themselves. It is more difficult when you lose someone close. But Vishnu Solanki, playing for Baroda in the Ranji Trophy, did not lose his spirits even after the death of his daughter and scored a century against Chandigarh with his bat. Today the whole country is saluting the spirit of Vishnu Solanki.

Actually, Vishnu Solanki's newborn girl died due to poor health. This grief shook Solanki. Vishnu playing Ranji Trophy in Bhubaneswar got this sad news. From there he immediately went to Vadodara, 3 days after performing the last rites of his daughter, he returned to Bhubaneswar again and scored an unbeaten 103 off 161 balls in the match against Chandigarh. Solanki landed at number five and gave his team a 230-run lead in the second day's match. Baroda's team scored 398 runs on the second day in this match.

All you need to know about Vishnu Solanki

Vishnu is just 29 years old, he was born in Vadodara. He started his cricket career on 18 February 2013. He was interested in cricket since childhood. His father helped his son turn this passion into a career.

The financial condition of his family was not good, his elder brother works as a scavenger in the factory and his father is a general employee in the IOCL refinery. Vishnu was a medium-speed fast bowler at first but later he emerged as a brilliant batsman. Solanki is a rising star of the country. Today the world is saluting his spirit.

Earlier, Sachin Tendulkar had also scored a century during the 1999 World Cup, soon after the death of his father. At the same time, something similar happened with Virat Kohli in a Ranji match. He was playing for the Delhi team when suddenly his father passed away. Despite this, Virat came to bat and saved his team from defeat by scoring a fine half-century.

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