Sunil Negi
Do you know friends that Manish Pandey, the excellent young cricketer, bereft of all facilities and monetary support of Kolkatta Knight Riders who lead his team to an overwhelming victory yesterday in Bengaluru is a boy from Kumaon Uttrakhand. Extraordinary, Manish scored fantastic 94 in just 54 balls and changed the fate of his otherwise to be defeated team into the victorious one making a record of sorts as Kolkatta Knight Riders was able to be the winner for the second term in a row in the IPL. What a batting, MY GOD. Shahrukh Khan is still not beleiving that he and his team has won for the second time in succession, because of the dynamic contribution of Uttrakhandi pal Manish Pandey. Manish we are really proud of you. Kudos. Keep it up. We should't forget though that Ritimaan Saha of Kolkotta, playing for Punjab who scored 114 unbeaten was no less than manish, But then fate has its own say. Congrats to Saha as well.
Sunil Negi, President, Uttrakhand Journalists Forum
Manish Pandey's photo.