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Touched Ashwin’s feet, he asked how I am bowling to Australian players: Mahesh Pithia

Spinner Mahesh Pithia, who is in news for bowling like Ravichandran Ashwin, was overjoyed when he met his idol and the Indian off-spinner inquired from him about the kind of bowling he was bowling to the Australian batsmen. Mahesh has played only four first-class matches so far but his action resembles Ashwin and hence Australia picked him as the net bowler ahead of the four-Test series against India starting on Thursday.

He has been able to grab the attention of people with his bowling. Watching Ashwin bowl in the nets, Mahesh told PTI with a smile, “I got Steve Smith out five to six times in the nets on the first day itself.” Hearing Ashwin’s name, 21-year-old Mahesh smiles. He has also generated curiosity among the Indian players. Mahesh said, “Today I was blessed by my ideal player. From the beginning, I wanted to bowl like Ashwin.

When he came to practice at the nets, I met him and touched his feet. He hugged me and asked how I was bowling to the Australian batsmen. “Virat Kohli also smiled at me and wished me well,” he added. Mahesh is yet to make his senior debut for Baroda. The journey has started and at the moment his focus is on this.

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