Neyan Shyam Kangayan; D.O.B: 17th May 2003 is a Tamilnadu born Indian cricketer who currently represents the state of Pondicherry in domestic level cricket. He played for Tamilnadu state team in Under- 14 category tournaments conducted by BCCI. He came to limelight during under-16 national level inter state Vijay Merhant Trophy 2018-19 season conducted by BCCI, when he scored Record Triple century (302 not out) against Goa. He finished the tournament with one of the leading run getters in the country with aggregate of 658 runs in 6 matches with 2 centuries and 2 half centuries which includes Mammoth 302 not out. He was the top run getter in South zone during the season 2018- 2019. He got selected for the South Zone and the camp conducted by National Cricket Academy (NCA). Due to his extraordinary season and skills, he was Picked by Ruby Trichy Warriors to play in Tamilnadu Premier League (TNPL) for the season 2019 and became the youngest ever to make a TNPL debut at the age of 16 yrs.Neyan now represents Pondicherry state in Under-19 category. He is personally coached by Mr.Sree Kumar Nair since 2017, an Indian first class cricketer represented Kerala state in Ranji trophy . He was also a part of India under-19 squad. Sree Kumar Nair holds the record for highest individual score(306 not out) by Kerala batsmen in Ranji trophy.

Neyan Shyam

Neyan being coached by Gary Kirsten

Neyan was the best Allrounder for KEPS U11A & Lastmanstands

Neyan trained by Jeff, Head Coach, Wanderers Club

Neyan with SA's Firstclass cricketer & KEPS Head Coach, Lloyd Hobson

Indian Cricket Team player Sriram coaching Neyan

Neyan's cricketing skills grew up along with his age

About Neyan

Jeff Levin's Testimonial on Neyan

I have been working with Neyan for only a short while, but am in no doubt of his ability and talent.

Neyan is undoubtedly one of the most outstanding Ten year old cricketers that I have seen.

What makes Neyan stand apart from all others his age?

- He obviously has a God given gift as he is very natural in his strokeplay and he has been exposed to good coaching from an early age.
- He has the ability to listen, understand and put into practice

I work with Neyan on an individual basis and he also attends my Winter Academy for High School pupils where he bats and bowls with cricketers quite a lot older than him.

Being only ten, the one area that is foreign to him, and where he struggles is the extra bounce generated by the older and taller bowlers on artificial wickets, but he never complains.

He simply gets on with it and he has started giving me good feedback now, which is another indication of his ability and maturity.

Neyan is also a very talented and accurate seam bowler.

My belief is that Neyan could easily be playing competitive cricket in an under 14 age group and has the ability to go really far in the future if managed properly