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Jhathavedh credits Ashwin apprenticeship for TNPL success
Leg-spinner Jhathavedh Subramanyan, playing for Vida Kovai Kings in the Tamil Nadu Premier League, has transformed his bowling under R Ashwin's guidance since August 2025. The 26-year-old now bowls 20 to 25…
The Story in Brief
Leg-spinner Jhathavedh Subramanyan, playing for Vida Kovai Kings in the Tamil Nadu Premier League, has transformed his bowling under R Ashwin's guidance since August 2025. The 26-year-old now bowls 20 to 25 overs in a session, focusing on volume to experiment with his action. He has changed his load-up by gathering the ball closer to his body, which lets him rip the leg-break more without reducing his googly's turn.
Jhathavedh cited his dismissal of N.S. Chaturved, TNPL's fastest centurion, as proof of his progress: a leg-break that turned nearly five degrees, luring the batter out for a stumping. Born in Hong Kong and representing them earlier, he called working with Ashwin a dream. The TNPL match was held in Natham.
The Indian Opinion
The temptation is to frame every young cricketer's breakthrough as a guru-shishya miracle or a born-in-Hong-Kong exotica story. Neither captures the grind. Jhathavedh put in 20-25 overs a session, changed his load-up, and is now turning leg-breaks more than his googly. The real test is whether he can keep doing it when batsmen have seen him twice in a senior tournament, not just in TNPL nets.
Source: thehindu.com
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