{"id":455,"date":"2024-06-16T16:11:47","date_gmt":"2024-06-16T10:41:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cricketbyjb.in\/?p=455"},"modified":"2025-08-28T10:39:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T05:09:08","slug":"the-nosthush-kenjige-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cricketbyjb.in\/index.php\/2024\/06\/16\/the-nosthush-kenjige-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Nosthush Kenjige: The Story You Didn&#8217;t Know!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>When you watch USA take on teams in the Super8s in the 2024 T20 World Cup, keep an eye out for this left-arm spinner!<br>Nosthush Kenjige is a story of inspiration, having faith in your process and working hard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was March 2021 when my co-host came up to me with the prospect of interviewing a cricketer from the USA. And sure, by no means was Nosthush blockbuster or a big deal at the time.<br><strong>But to have an international cricketer on your show? The journalist and cricket nerd in us knew that this was a golden opportunity<\/strong>. <strong>And boy were we right!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And so it happened. A little over 3 years ago, we interviewed Nosthush Kenjige, the cricketer who you might know today as one of the men responsible for <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/cricket\/news\/12123\/13148967\/t20-world-cup-usa-beat-pakistan-in-historic-triumph-after-thrilling-super-over-win\">USA&#8217;s historic victory over Pakistan<\/a><\/em><\/strong> in the ongoing 2024 T20 World Cup!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"573\" src=\"https:\/\/cricketbyjb.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-1-1024x573.png\" alt=\"Nosthush Kenjige in conversation with us on the pod\" class=\"wp-image-457\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cricketbyjb.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-1-1024x573.png 1024w, https:\/\/cricketbyjb.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-1-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/cricketbyjb.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-1-768x430.png 768w, https:\/\/cricketbyjb.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-1-1536x860.png 1536w, https:\/\/cricketbyjb.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-1.png 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Just two curious cricket nerds interviewing Nosthush Kenjige<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>We&#8217;ve also narrated this as a Youtube short in case your attention span can&#8217;t handle the read!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"how Nosthush Kenjige ended up playing for USA #icc #t20worldcup #cricket #indvsusa\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/z_dSAXQZYfQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Like what we do? 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Born in the USA, his family moved back to India very early on when he was a kid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He did most of his schooling from Ooty and would come down to Bangalore in the summers for cricket camp. He would practice at the well-renowned <strong>Karnataka Institute of Cricket<\/strong> (KIOC) &#8211; an academy that has produced some of Karnataka&#8217;s most decorated cricketers like Mayank &amp; KL (and also yours truly :P).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/cricketbyjb.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-4-1024x576.png\" alt=\"KIOC - The place where Nosthush went to learn &amp; practice cricket\" class=\"wp-image-461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cricketbyjb.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-4-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/cricketbyjb.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-4-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/cricketbyjb.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-4-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/cricketbyjb.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-4.png 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mr. Irfan Sait, Head Coach &amp; Founder of KIOC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Unlike his USA teammates however, Nosthush was one of the few international cricketers who did not find success at age group levels. He put his heart and soul into practice but failed to break into the State team in Karnataka. Nosh tried year after year but found no luck in even the U17s, U19s and beyond that as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/cricketbyjb.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-5-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cricketbyjb.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-5-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/cricketbyjb.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-5-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/cricketbyjb.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-5-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/cricketbyjb.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-5-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/cricketbyjb.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-5.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sauarabh Netravalkar had played for India at the U19 level<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It had come to a point where <strong>Nosthush did not see cricket making any long term sense<\/strong> and naturally, he decided to move back to the USA in 2015 to focus on a career and his future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As luck would have it, this was also the same time period around which the USACA (USA Cricket Association) was banned by the ICC due to unsatisfactory management and their visions of growing cricket not going all that well.<br><br>The ICC took things under their control &amp; went on a nation wide search to identify cricketers to form USA&#8217;s national cricket team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>You may also like: <a href=\"https:\/\/cricketbyjb.in\/index.php\/2023\/11\/06\/5-reasons-that-make-jasprit-bumrahs-bowling-lethal\/\">5 Factors That Make Jasprit Bumrah\u2019s Bowling Lethal<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Getting Picked for the USA Cricket Team<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This is where things started to fall in place for Nosthush. Despite not having played cricket for close to a year, Kenjige impressed selectors with his crafty slow left arm orthodox.<br>After a gruelling process that went on for about 8 to 10 months, he was finally able to make it to the national setup and went on to make his debut for USA around 2017-18.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nosh&#8217;s story is one of great inspiration. The general notion of always trusting your process and working hard eventually pay off. 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