Mahesh Pithiya
The Australian team refused to play any practice matches before the Border Gavaskar series on the tour of India. The guests took this step under a well thought out strategy. In fact, he had found a duplicate of India’s deadliest pitcher to practice on the nets. But look at the situation, this fast bowler, considered a duplicate of Indian great spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, made it difficult for former Australia captain Steve Smith to even swing the bat into the nets. In such a situation, when the original players take to the field in the first test which starts in Nagpur on February 9, one can only guess what will happen to them.
Mahesh Pithia became famous as Ashwin’s duplicate
R Ashwin and Mahesh Pithiya
Spinner Mahesh Pithia, who makes bowling headlines as Ravichandran Ashwin, met his idol after leading the Australian team through the nets. When he met Ashwin, his happiness knew no bounds. During this meeting, the Indian midfielder asked him about the type of bowling he was bowling to the Australian batsmen.
Pithia, who has played just four first-class matches so far, has a similar bowling action to Ashwin. This is why Australia selected him as the net launcher ahead of the four Test series against India which begins on Thursday. He has managed to capture people’s attention with his bowling and is also a trend on social media.
Ashwin duplicate troubled Smith in the networks
Watching Ashwin bowl in the nets, Mahesh said with a laugh, “I took Steve Smith out five to six times in the nets on the first day.” Let us tell you, Smith has played 12 such Test matches so far in his career. in which Ashwin has also participated. Ashwin has taken Smith’s turf a total of five times during this term. This figure may not indicate any major danger, but from the way Pithia has wreaked havoc online, it looks like Ashwin may become more of a problem for Smith than ever this time around.
Pithiya received blessings from Ashwin
Mahesh, 21, starts smiling as soon as he hears Ashwin’s name. He has also created curiosity among the Indian gamers. Mahesh said: “Today I was blessed by my ideal player. From the beginning, he wanted to bowl like Ashwin. When he came to practice in the nets, I found him and touched his feet. He hugged me and asked how he was bowling to the Australian batsmen.
He further said, “Virat Kohli also smiled after seeing me and wished me luck.” Let us tell you that Mahesh has just started his senior cricket journey for Baroda and right now all his focus is on improving his game. .
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