Indian Premier League: how to bowl to Virat Kohli? Hong Kong-born cricketer has plan after sale in IPL auction
- Jhathavedh Subramanyan has joined Sunrisers Hyderabad after IPL auction propelled him into the lucrative T20 competition
- The leg-spinner has already represented Hong Kong but hopes to challenge for honours with India
There will be a Hongkonger in the mix when cricket’s Indian Premier League gets under way this month: a leg-spinner who hopes to test himself against Virat Kohli, David Warner et al.
Jhathavedh Subramanyan, who was born and raised in the city, in December became Hong Kong’s first cricketer to go under the hammer at an IPL auction, with a chance to play on a platform that draws about 500 million viewers per season.
Sunrisers Hyderabad signed up Subramanyan with a 2 million rupee (US$24,000) bid after he produced a player-of-the-match performance in the final of last year’s Tamil Nadu Premier League (TNPL), an elite regional tournament in India.
“I was just watching [the auction] with sort of a blank mind,” Subramanyan said. “My name came up and Sunrisers put the panel up for me – it’s a moment I will never forget.”
Now the 24-year-old has another chance to make history as he sets his sights on bowling to the likes of Kohli, Warner, Glenn Maxwell, Rohit Sharma and Suryakumar Yadav.
