When Ayush Doseja turned 15 he gave up eating sweets and carbohydrates as part of his strict diet plan. That was him, a Virat Kohli fan, leaving no stone unturned in trying to emulate his idol.

His coach Ajay Choudhary, worried about the teenager not getting healthy nourishment, advised him to at least eat fruits as a source of sugar.

By the time he had turned eight, Doseja was playing Under-10 age-group cricket matches with the leather ball. When he was 14, he featured in senior DDCA league games facing 20-year-old fast bowlers.

On Day 2 of Delhi ’s Group D Ranji Trophy match against Hyderabad , all the years of hard work and sacrifice paid off for 23-year-old Doseja when he scored a double century on his first-class debut — 209 from 279 balls with 25 fours and five sixes. Twenty-f

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