“I will give my best against the Australia U-19 team. I just need to back my ability,” Kundu told mid-day.com from Ahmedabad, where he is playing for Mumbai in the U-19 Reliance Cup.

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The left-hander wants to perform against Australia U-19 and cement his place in the U-19 Asia Cup team in December. 

“I want to build my attitude like Tendulkar and bat like Sehwag and Lara while in ’keeping, I want to be like Dhoni. I aim to become a cool captain like him. Even in difficult situations he never gets disturbed and handles things easily, so I want to learn those things,” remarked Kundu, who was the Mumbai U-19 team’s vice-captain when they emerged runners-up in the Vinoo Mankad Trophy and Cooch Behar Trophy last season.  

Kundu has attended National Cricket Academy’s (NCA) high performance camps and played practice matches in Bangalore, Mohali and Ahmedabad.  “I was expecting to be selected in the India U-19 team because I performed very well in the inter-NCA tournament where I played two games and scored 60 and 88 in Bangalore and then during the 35-day NCA high performance camp in June at Mohali, I scored 140 and 40 in two matches.

“I got extra confidence and an extra opportunity to justify my ability because of these camps.

It helped me believe that I can do better at a higher level,” he said.