The 2025 season of the Indian Premier League IPL has made waves for talented debuts and intense cricketing skills from youngsters including Vaibhav Suryavanshi Priyansh Arya and Shaik Rasheed. However it perhaps also lost out on showcasing the lesser-known Indian cricketing powerhouses many of whom played Under-19 at the world stage. One such player carrying an emotional journey is 18-year-old Mohammad Amaan. Orphaned at 16 Amaan lost his mother during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. Two years later his father Mehtab a jobless truck driver succumbed to illness leaving Amaan as the sole guardian of three siblings. Faced with hunger and homelessness he balanced survival with an unrelenting cricket dream often travelling in train toilets to attend trials. Despite these hardships in 2024 he led India against Australia U19 in Puducherry becoming a beacon of hope for countless battling adversity. Battling Hunger Chasing Dreams The Saharanpur nativersquos childhood was marred by tragedy. After his fatherrsquos accident in 2019 led to unemployment the family sold their home to survive. In several interviews Amaan has recalled nights without food using tournament allowances to feed his siblings and saving every rupee from cricket to repair their crumbling house. Meanwhile local coach Rajeev Goyal became his lifeline offering a coaching gig at his academy when Amaan sought daily jobs. For eight hours daily Amaan honed his skills while mentoring younger players with an unshakeable spirit. ALSO READIPL 2025 LSG vs CSK match was fixed allege netizens questions Shardul Thakurs loyalty Numbers That Defied Odds Despite his despair Amaanrsquos bat silenced critics. In the 2023-24 season he amassed 363 runs with four fifties for Uttar Pradesh U19 in the Vinoo Mankad Trophy and his 294 runs at a staggering 98 average in the U19 Challenger Series made him the tournamentrsquos second-highest scorer. In the same season he was a standby for the U19 World Cup edging closer to national recognition. Finally in December last year as Indias U19 captain Mohamed Amaan scored an unbeaten 122 runs against Japan in the ACC Mens U19 Asia Cup 2024 breaking a 12-year-old U19 captaincy record. ALSO READDream11 MyTeam11 MPL Fantasy My11Circle Know the owners and how they profit during IPL Unfinished Dreams Eyes on Indian Team and Beyond In spite of such glory and a rise from all odds Mohammad Amaan went unsold in the 2025 IPL mega-auction along with Yash Dhull Prithwi Shaw and Unmukt Chand all of whom had something great to offer to their potential franchise. However the lsquosnubrsquo has reportedly not dimmed the youngsterrsquos fire. Amaan now the familyrsquos breadwinner through cricket aims to cement his place in senior circuits and has found support from the Saharanpur Cricket Association and BCCI vice-president Rajiv Shukla as stated in media reports and online interviews. ALSO READIPL 2025 puts UPI in crisis How lakhs of crores of betting money could be behind recent outages? Mohammad Amaanrsquos journey from sleeping hungry to leading his country is a testament to grit over privilege and the sheer talent of Indian youths waiting to be noticed and allowed on the big stage.