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Five years ago, as the director of the National Cricket Academy (NCA) and coach of the India Under-19 team, Rahul Dravid was watching over a left-arm pacer from Jharkhand who was developing into a talent pool of young players. India won the 2019–20 Under-19 World Cup in South Africa, but in a nail-biting final, Bangladesh denied them. A few of those players eventually joined the senior men's team, while others had to wait their turn. Time travel to 2023, when Dubai is hosting the IPL auctions for the first time. Nine uncapped cricket players signed multimillion-dollar contracts, many of them from that 2019–20 batch as well. Sushant Mishra of Jharkhand was one of them. Five years ago, as the director of the National Cricket Academy (NCA) and coach of the India
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