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Mewat3 hours agoAuthor: Rajkishore
Shahbaz Ahmed, the hero of RCB’s victory, is a resident of Sikrawa village in Mewat district. His father Ahmed Jan is a reader of SDM in Palwal. Like the head of a middle-class family, he also wanted his son to work as a civil engineer and run the household. So he left the village and started living in Hathin, so that the children could get good education.
After completing 12th, in the year 2011, father Ahmed got Shahbaz admitted to Manav Rachna International University in Faridabad so that he could become an engineer, but it took Shahbaz 11 years to complete the three-year degree.
Shahbaz played an innings of 45 off 26 balls for RCB in the match against Rajasthan Royals.
Shahbaz used to say to his mother that the university would call him and give him a degree.
Ahmed Jan says that civil engineering degree should have been completed in 3 years i.e. 2015, but due to cricket it was completed in 2022. Shahbaz cleared it by giving a paper in 2022. That too at the behest of his mother, he got the degree. He always used to tell his mother that don’t worry about the degree, the university people will call you. It happened exactly the same.
Father says- We were specially invited in the convocation by the university in January this year, but Shahbaz did not reach due to cricket, so we went to get his degree. We got that respect, maybe if he had not become a cricketer, he would not have got it. Now we have no regrets on his decision.
Shahbaz’s mother (first from left) and father (last) taking Shahbaz’s civil engineering degree.
used to bunk class and go to play cricket
Ahmed Jan says that he did not know that his son was not interested in studying engineering in Faridabad. Shahbaz was bunking class to play cricket. He came to know about this when a message was sent to him from the university that his son was not taking classes.
chose cricket between cricket and studies
Ahmed Jan tells that then he told Shahbaz to choose between studies or cricket, but focus on whatever he chooses. Then Shahbaz chose cricket and decided to focus on it. After this he started going to the Cricket Academy located in Tehri in Gurgaon. There coach Mansoor Ali trained him.
Went to Bengal on the advice of a friend, then made a career
Shahbaz’s father told that after graduation his friend Pramod Chandila took him to Bengal to play cricket. Chandila also play club cricket in Bengal. Shahbaz got a place in the Bengal Ranji team in 2018-19 after performing well in the domestic tournament there. After that he was selected in the India A team in 2019-20.
After this, in the 2020 IPL auction, Royal Challengers Bangalore bought Shahbaz for 20 lakhs. Although he got a chance to play only two matches in UAE. In 2021 also he was a part of the RCB team.
Dada also loved cricket
Ahmed Jan tells that his father also used to play cricket. Shahbaz also loved playing cricket like his grandfather. His village is known for education in Mewat district. There are many engineers and doctors in the village. That’s why he wanted Shahbaz to become an engineer too. Shahbaz’s younger sister Farheen is a doctor.
