Overwhelmed, but had to keep focus: Mayank Agarwal

TIL Desk Sports/ A well-crafted 76 on a long-awaited debut made Mayank Agarwal’s day and the batsman said he was overwhelmed but had to keep emotions in check in order to focus on the job. “It was a tremendous feeling to get the India Test cap. I had a lot of emotions (running through mind) when I got the cap. I will cherish it for the rest of my life.

The first thought was 295 (his India cap number),” Agarwal said after his impressive knock at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) in the ongoing third Test against Australia here. Agarwal had scored tons of runs in first class cricket but had to wait in the wings for a long time before making the India debut.

“It wasn’t easy to get hold of those emotions and focus there, but it needed to be done. I just stuck to my plans and just kept telling myself, there is a plan that I have to go through and I am just going to stick to that. Even though it was overwhelming, it was good and I am happy with the way I started,” Agarwal added.