New Delhi, July 23 -- Started from Karnal, now reached Manchester. Anshul Kamboj, who represents Haryana in domestic cricket, has truly arrived on the big stage as he made his debut for India in the fourth Test of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy against England in Manchester. Kamboj, who hails from Karnal's Fazilpur village, made a strong impression in the two unofficial Tests against England Lions, picking up five wickets, and to say that he out-bowled the likes of Mukesh Kumar and Harshit Rana wouldn't be an understatement by any stretch of the imagination.

In the last five-odd years, Anshul has witnessed several ups and downs - the 24-year-old's father, Udham Singh, has had several episodes of epilepsy in the past decade - to finally re...