Faisal Jamkhandi reaps the rewards of Indian winters

Shashank Kishore for Cricinfo
Mississauga in the Canadian province of Ontario is a difficult place to be a cricketer. The sport is almost entirely restricted to the summer months here, thanks to the winter snowstorms, so players are invariably forced to train indoors or left to find ways to play abroad. Some travel to the nearby Caribbean, others move to the United States in search of match time with club teams.

Faisal Jamkhandi, whose 5 for 48 against Bangladesh was the first five-for of the 2018 Under-19 World Cup, travelled a slightly longer distance – to India, where his parents came from. Faisal had become interested in cricket thanks to his father, who would stay up and watch matches at odd times back home, thanks to the time zone.
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