From chopping vegetables in a Brisbane restaurant to smashing Haris Rauf for six in the BBL and bagging a fifer on his first-class debut, Nikhil Chaudhary’s journey is one of pure spirit. The former Punjab all-rounder, once juggling odd jobs to survive, now dreams of donning Australia’s yellow — one tick box at a time.
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