Nagpur: The biggest newsbreak of Siddharth Kaul's cricketing career came during a drinks break.
The 27-year-old Punjab medium pacer, picked for next month's ODI series against Sri Lanka, was bowling against Services in a Ranji Trophy game when match referee Sunil Chaturvedi sent in the message of his selection in the national squad through umpires Vineet Kulkarni and K Srinath.
"It was drinks break at that time and one of the umpires came up to me and said that match referee sir (Chaturvedi) had informed that I have been selected in the Indian ODI squad. I didn't know how to react at that moment. It was the biggest piece of news in my cricketing career and I got it on the field," Kaul, who took five wickets against Services in the Ranji match, said.
Kaul came into spotlight when he bowled the famous last over during that 2008 U-19 World Cup final against South Africa in Kuala Lumpur where Virat Kohli was leading the side.
India were defending 18 runs in the final over and Kaul gave just six to seal it in India's favour.
Kohli has since gone on to become one of India's greatest batsmen, Ravindra Jadeja has been an established name from that squad while the likes of Saurabh Tiwary and Abhinav Mukund have made sporadic national team appearances.
Kaul could not make it as big but did not lose hope, plying his trade for Punjab, North Zone, India A and Sunrisers Hyderabad consistently. He has 175 first-class wickets from 50 games and 99 List A scalps from 52 matches.