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The third day of the one-off Test match between India and Afghanistan has ended as India won the match by an innings and 300 runs at the New Chandigarh Stadium and created history after the win as it is their biggest win by a margin in the longest format of the game.
Manav Suthar won Player of the Match in his first match. Suthar took six wickets in the first innings and completely demolished Afghanistan’s batting line-up in his debut match. It was difficult to pick him because the ball was spinning and he bowled excellent lines and lengths throughout the Test match. The 23-year-old became only the tenth Indian bowler and seventh Indian spinner to take a five-wicket haul on debut Test.
Manav Suthar created history
After winning POTM, he joined the elite list of Indian players to win POTM in their first game, joining hands with Yashasvi Jaiswal. After his sensational performance, captain Shubman Gill also praised the young left-arm spinner and congratulated him at the post-match presentation.
Manav Suthar could not take a wicket in the second innings but he once again bowled brilliantly. Apart from Gill, the coach and his teammates, the selectors have also spoken openly about the spinner’s talent.
He takes a lot of spin on the ball – Anshu Jain, Manav Suthar’s U-19 coach
Rajasthan team head coach Anshu Jain, who was Manav Suthar’s coach during his Under-19 and Under-23 days, revealed a shocking fact that as soon as the Indian cricketer bowled the ball, a nearby fielder could hear the sound of revs from the ball. This has been a major reason for their success in the first game; He uses his fingers to create more rotation so that more rotation is possible.
“In one of the Under-23 games, one of the close fielders told me that you can hear the revs when he bowls. He puts so many revs on the ball, which is quite unrealistic in this era of cricket,” Anshu Jain, Rajasthan’s current head coach, under whom Suthar played at the Under-19 and Under-23 levels, told TimesofIndia.com after the left-arm spinner took six wickets on debut. Let us tell.
Jain says, “It’s natural. He is also unique. No current cricketer will tell you that he wants to play Test cricket for India and the IPL is not his ultimate goal. He told me this when he was a teenager. It is remarkable.”
Someone who will get you wickets even on flat pitches – Source on Manav Suthar
One of the interesting facts is that he also impressed Shubman Gill when he was bowling in the nets for Gujarat Titans (GT); This has been a major reason for Manav Suthar being selected, and the other reason is that he would have got a chance earlier, but his debut was slightly delayed due to Ravindra Jadeja’s performance in England.
“Suthar is someone who will get you wickets even on flat pitches. He has so much skill that he doesn’t need much from the surface. The accuracy, the revs, the right pace all make him very fast. The selectors are very excited to give him a chance and the talks about him started during the England tour.”
“He was close to getting a maiden call-up for the West Indies home Test but Jadeja’s performance with the bat in England has given him another lease of life,” said a source following the developments.
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