Ludhiana is the host city for the Indian Premier League (IPL), which will be special for the city because two residents have been included in two teams. Nehal Wadhera of Brs Nagar and Sanveer Singh of Nandpur Village have made it to Mumbai Indians and Sunrise Hyderabad respectively for Rs 20 lakh each. Nehal has been in the limelight for the past some time after being named the highest ever scorer in the 26-year history of India's J P Atray Memorial National ODI Tournament in which he scored 171 surpassing Lalit Yadav's 168 and Shikhar Dhawan's 161 this April. This year, this April, Nehal set the world record in professional cricket in any format by scoring 578 runs off 414 balls in 468 minutes while playing against Bathinda in the Punjab State U23 Tournament. Nehal achieved the fastest 200, 300, 400 and 500 runs scored in any level of recognised cricket in India. Parents of 22-year-old Nehal Kamal Wadhera and Gurpreet Wadhera are entrepreneurs. His father Kamal Wadhera said, "In the last IPL season, he was among the unsold players, however, recently, his achievements have
