Ishan Porel is an Indian cricketer who was born in Hoogly, Bengal on 5th September 1998. He is a right-arm medium pacer and a right-hand batsman.
Porel in his early days never thought of being a cricketer. He was underweight, a patient of mild Aquaphobia. That might have been the reason he tried his hands at many other sports like Table Tennis, Swimming, Kabaddi. But he got mentally tired of those sports. Ishan had revealed later that during that period he had watched matches of the World Cup cricket and got encouraged to start playing the game. But it became difficult for him to convince his parents. His parents asked him to concentrate on his studies than trying to settle with sports. But finally, Ishan was able to convince his parents and joined National Sporting Club, a cricket coach9ing center in his hometown in Chandannagar.
Porel started his cricket journey as a middle-order batsman but following advice from his coach he switched over to bowling. His lanky physique helped his coach to advise him to become a fast bowler. But the weak body, especially the weak lower portion was the main obstruction to Porel’s progress as a fast bowler.
The bowler finally gained weight after attending National Cricket Academy (NCA) for months where he had trained under the academy's strength and conditioning coach, Anand Date whose personalized observation and training helped Porel to uplift himself as a quick bowler.
Later Porel developed himself in a manner that he earned the ability to deliver at a speed of 140 kilometers and in a bid to gain strength Porel used to run from his house to the Railway station every day with the heavy kit on his shoulder while going to Kolkata for practice and on the way to his home he used tom run from Railway station to home. The hard work rewarded him.
The 22-year old cricketer, who had represented under-19 India in the under-19 World Cup in 2018, was impressive in the latter part of the competition, scalping 4 wickets for 17 against Pakistan in the semifinal and 2 wickets also in the final.
Ishan Porel made his debut in first-class cricket in a Ranji Trophy match against Vidarbha in 2017. Porel had captured 4 wickets in his maiden appearance with an impressive economy rate of 2.96. He gave 139 runs in his 47 overs including 10 maiden overs. He has played in 22 first-class matches so far and scalped 61 wickets including his best figure of 7 for 67 in a match, made against Tamil Nadu.
Ishan Porel made his debut in the List ‘A’ game in a Vijay Hazare Trophy match against Andhra at Chennai in 2017. However, he was able to manage only one wicket giving away 43 runs in 9 overs. Ishan has played in 30 List ‘A’ matches and scalped 47 wickets.
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