New Delhi, Jan. 7 -- Hyderabad batter Aman Rao, who rose to fame with a brilliant 200* against Bengal in the ongoing Vijay Hazare Trophy (VHT), spoke on his journey from being an American citizen by birth, born in Wisconsin, to finally a breakthrough season with Hyderabad in domestic cricket, getting a social media shoutout from Indian spin legend Ravichandran Ashwin and how he aims for first-class cricket debut.

Aman scored a brilliant 200* in 154 balls, with 12 fours and 13 sixes during his side's VHT clash against Bengal on Tuesday, against a solid bowling attack of Mohammed Shami, Akash Deep, Shahbaz Ahmed and Mukesh Kumar. With this, he became the ninth batter to hit a double ton in VHT, joining stars like Ruturaj Gaikwad, Sanju Sam...