How Ranji winning J&K’s Dishant Yagnik turned KKR into sharp catchers & ‘Bombaywallah’ Angkrish Raghuvanshi into stumper
3 min readMay 10, 2026 05:49 PM IST His stumping of Pathum Nissanka, off the bowling of Anukul Roy, ended Delhi’s hopes of beating Kolkata Knight Riders. But ‘Starboy’ Angkrish Raghuvanshi is now encouraged to carry on as wicketkeeper, after the franchise undertook a project to turn him into a stumper last September. Coach Abhishek Nayar was always convinced of the batting talent of the young Mumbaikar. But last September, he would sound off fielding coach Dishant Yagnik, who was Rajasthan wicketkeeper and also in the IPL from 2011-2014. But he most notably helped Jammu and Kashmir, one of domestic cricket’s finest fielding units to win the Ranji Trophy, earlier in February. But even while steering the Ranji underdogs, Yagnik was told of KKR coach Nayar’s plans for the tall Angkrish. His fitness and flexibility workouts were marked out in preseason, and he even topped Nayar’s circuit test, an outdoor improvised Hyrox of sorts. After 10 quiet, uneventful games, though, Angkrish came good against DC. The youngster who completed 1000 runs, was marked out for …
