Sporting competitions around the world have been either suspended or cancelled due to the coronavirus outbreak. People have been advised to stay inside their homes and practice social distancing inside to avoid the spread of COVID-19. With the world in lockdown, video of a young aspiring cricketer from Gorakhpur named Ritesh Yadav, breaking a coconut with a perfect yorker has gone viral and has caught the attention of several cricket players around the world. RP Singh 'Grateful' to Social Media After Finding his Old Picture With India U19 Teammates, Asks Netizens to Identify Other Players in the Photo.

In the video shared by Ritesh Yadav, he placed a coconut between two shoes and with a brilliant Yorker hit the bulls-eye, breaking the coconut in two pieces. ‘#Break the coconut’ the youngster captioned his post.

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This video is so impressive that it has left several sports personalities in awe of the young fast bowler. RP Singh commented ‘If Ritesh wishes he can come to Lucknow or Greater Noida camp after the end of lockdown for training. I wish him a bright future.’ While Mumbai Indians' player Suryakumar Yadav wrote 'Bulls eye boss. Super'.

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The video has close to 46K views on social media and the young cricketer has impressed a lot of people with his bowling skills. Ritesh Yadav has mastered the art of bowling a perfect Yorker with some serious pace and has a bright future ahead of him.

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