Baroda’s Mahesh Pithiya, whose bowling action resembles that of Ravichandran Ashwin, has been assisting the Australian team in getting a handle on a veteran off-spinner’s bowling style. Ahead of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, Australia summoned the youngster, who was playing Ranji Trophy, to train alongside them and stay with them in the same hotel in Bengaluru.
Pithiya has a similar height to that of Ashwin and takes a near-identical jump like Ashwin before delivering the ball and also lets the cherry go from almost the same height as the experienced campaigner.