How India Picks Its Cricket Players
印度如何挑選板球球員
Introduction
The Indian cricket board (BCCI) is choosing players for T20 games. They are also looking for new players for Test matches.
印度板球管理委員會 (BCCI) 正在挑選 T20 賽事的球員，同時也在為測試賽尋找新球員。
Main Body
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi is 15 years old. He played very well in the IPL. Some old players want him to play now. But the coaches want to keep the same players for now.
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 今年 15 歲。他在 IPL 表現非常出色。一些資深球員希望他現在就參賽。但教練希望目前維持原有的球員名單。
Rajat Patidar is a good player. He is 33 years old. He is not in the team. The board wants younger players for the 2028 World Cup.
Rajat Patidar 是一名優秀的球員。他今年 33 歲，目前不在隊中。委員會希望為 2028 年世界盃挑選更年輕的球員。
The BCCI has a new tournament in Bengaluru. Young players under 25 years old play there. Coaches help them learn how to play Test cricket.
BCCI 在班加羅爾舉辦了一項新賽事。由 25 歲以下的年輕球員參賽。教練會協助他們學習如何進行測試賽。
Conclusion
The board must choose between young stars and experienced players.
委員會必須在年輕之星與經驗豐富的球員之間做出選擇。
Vocabulary Learning
The 'Age' Pattern
In this story, we see how to talk about how old someone is. This is a key skill for A2 English.
How to build it:
Name + is + Number + years old
Examples from the text:
- Vaibhav Sooryavanshi is 15 years old.
- He is 33 years old.
Quick Tip: If you want to be faster, you can remove "years old".
- Long way: He is 33 years old.
- Short way: He is 33. (This is very common in daily speech!)
Opposites to remember: Young Old