Indian cricket icon Virat Kohli stays the benchmark for a lot of budding cricketers all throughout the globe. One such participant is former Pakistan Under-19 batter Shayan Jahangir who’s now a participant for the United States of America senior cricket group. Up towards Nepal within the ICC ODI World Cup 2023 qualifier, Jahangir scored his maiden century within the Group A match, drawing plaudits from the cricketing spectrum. After his ton, Jahangir spoke of his ambitions of enjoying towards none apart from the nice Kohli and present that there is ‘one other batter on the block’.

Jahangir, the right-handed batter, scored an unbeaten 100-run knock off 79 balls with 10 fours and three sixes, though his knock could not assist the American safe a victory as Nepal wrapped up a 6-wicket victory.

“To play against Virat Kohli, that’s my ultimate goal. Play against him, and show there’s another batter on the block, waiting for the opportunities in all these big leagues,” Jahangir instructed ICC after the sport.

For the report, Jahangir was part of the Pakistan U19 group alongside the likes of Sami Islam, Imam-Ul-Haq, Hussain Talat and others previously. Not simply that, he additionally had a stint for the Pakistan International Airlines in home cricket earlier than transferring to the United States.

The 28-year-old additionally has the expertise of enjoying for the Barbados Tridents within the Caribbean Premier League (CPL).

In his ODI profession to date, Jahangir has performed a complete of 9 ODIs, scoring 235 runs at a mean of 33.57 and a strike-rate of 90.73. The century towards Nepal was the primary ever in his One-day profession relating to worldwide cricket.