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Sports / Tue, 19 May 2026 Cricbuzz

The brotherly instinct that shaped Yash Raj Punja's rise

By then, few doubts remained about Yash taking up cricket professionally. Years ago, it was a path Yodhin had walked away from despite having played senior international cricket aged just 16. "Cricket in the UAE is quite, let's say, unstable. There are cricketers who show great promise at a young age who just go on to be lost because they aren't backed enough," explains Yodhin. "It's a very dynamic system where you perform well for six months, you're in the team and then a few bad months and you're out.

By then, few doubts remained about Yash taking up cricket professionally. Years ago, it was a path Yodhin had walked away from despite having played senior international cricket aged just 16. "Cricket in the UAE is quite, let's say, unstable. There are cricketers who show great promise at a young age who just go on to be lost because they aren't backed enough," explains Yodhin. "It's a very dynamic system where you perform well for six months, you're in the team and then a few bad months and you're out. And there's a constant rotation of cricketers within the UAE. It's not like a long-term career that you can think of."

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