Indian Express reports that his confident strides, the swagger at the crease bear striking similarities with another former India U-19 captain and Unmukt Chand readily agrees that Virat Kohli has been an inspiration for him. "I look upto Virat for inspiration. He is a role model for all U-19 cricketers. He has shown us and given us confidence that we all can work hard and move up the grade. From being an U-19 World Cup captain to being India vice-captain, he has been phenomenal," said Unmukt, according to a report in Indian Express.
"Just after Virat scored that brilliant hundred at Hobart against Sri Lanka, I called him up in Australia to know about certain aspects of my batting. I was getting out for 30's and 40's and was really worried. So I called up Virat, asked him what exactly should I do? Is it mental thing that I need to sort out? Virat told me that I should plan for the next ball rather than looking too far ahead," Unmukt stated.
Writing on the controversy involving St Stephen’s College and India U-19 World Cup winning captain Unmukt Chand, The Times of India reports that on the face of it, Delhi University seems to be taking on an unreasonable college on behalf of Unmukt Chand. But the real story is that Unmukt's travails were caused not by the college but by the university.
“In an application to DU vice-chancellor Dinesh Singh in early May, Unmukt had sought permission to write his second semester exams. The letter was strongly endorsed by St Stephen's College principal Valson Thampu. The letter reached Singh on May 7, 2012 and he signed it and forwarded it to the registrar's office. However, in a letter to sports minister Ajay Maken on Friday, Singh said, "The matter came to my attention two days ago," says the TOI report.
The application appears to have been routinely forwarded by the vice-chancellor of DU to the registrar. The registrar in turn sent the application to the dean of students' welfare, who in turn returned it to the college with a note - "May process as per rules." But once the university told the college to proceed "as per rules", St Stephen's had little choice. The university, in other words, had rejected Unmukt's request and also left his college without any scope for helping the young sportsman.
