Bhubaneswar, April 11 -- A unique cricketing journey has brought a United Kingdom based Odia family to Bhubaneswar, as two young siblings travelled across continents to sharpen their bowling skills under veteran coach Lalit Mohanty.

Fifteen-year-old Shiv Swaroop Panigrahi and his 10-year-old sister Prisha, currently studying in Class 5, arrived in the city for a short four-day training stint. Residents of the United Kingdom, the siblings are focused on improving their spin and pace bowling while working towards their dream of representing England at the international level.

Their father, Swaroop Panigrahi, an England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) Level 2 certified coach, has been training them from a young age. Actively involved in dist...