''Selection Day'' is an Indian sports drama

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series, based on

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's 2016 novel of the same name. Produced by

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and Anand Tucker, and adapted for television by Marston Bloom (with Hindi Dialogues by Sumit Arora) it stars

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, Yash Dholye, Karanvir Malhotra,

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, Parul Gulati, Amruta Subhash and

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. The series follows the life of two brothers Radha and Manju who are raised by their cricket obsessed father and meet their rival Javed. The first six episodes of ''Selection Day'' premiered on 28 December 2018 on

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. Part 2, consisting of another set of six episodes, was premiered on 19 April 2019.

Plot

Radha and Manjunath are two brothers who have been trained by their father to become the next great pair of cricket batsmen. After toying with the bowling attacks of their local village teams, their father decides it is time for them to move to Mumbai and hope to be selected to play in domestic leagues in the upcoming selection season.

Cast

as Manju Kumar *Yash Dholye as Radha Kumar *Karanvir Malhotra as Javed Ansari *

as Tommy Sir *

as Nellie *

as Lord Subramanyam *

as Anand Mehta *Vipashyana Dubey as Zoya * Parul Gulati as Monica Tandon * Dibyendu Bhattacharya as Gulshan *Pakhi Gupta as Sophia * Amruta Subhash as Meera * Hirdeyjeet Jarnail Singh as Panther's Coach

Episodes

Marketing

The series was announced in August 2017. A 16-second teaser was released on 8 October 2018.

References

External links

* Hindi-language Netflix original programming 2018 Indian television series debuts Indian drama television series Indian teen drama television series Television shows set in Madhya Pradesh Television shows based on Indian novels Indian television series distributed by Netflix Indian sports television series Cricket on television Television series about brothers Television series about teenagers {{India-tv-prog-stub