Mumbai, March 29 -- India's U19 World Cup winning cricketer Tanmay Shrivastava, who will be appearing in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) as an umpire, opened up on his transition from a player to match official and being in touch with the U19 World Cup 2008 winning batch, which includes iconic batter Virat Kohli.

Tanmay was speaking in a video posted on the IPL website. He was the leading run-getter in the 2008 U19 WC, which India won under Virat, scoring 262 runs in six innings at an average of 52.40 with two half-centuries and the best score of 83*.

Speaking in the video, Tanmay said, "You must have seen me play in the IPL and now you will see me as a match official in the IPL. I was very grateful when I found out I had been s...