Pranav Raghavendra, Tamilnadu

[rkt.india]

 

 

 

First glimpse of Pranav Raghavendra from Tamilnadu. He is supposedly quick and clocked 147 at the age of 17. Missed u19 WC this year due to back injury.

[Need4Speed]

8 hours ago, rkt.india said:

 

 

 

First glimpse of Pranav Raghavendra from Tamilnadu. He is supposedly quick and clocked 147 at the age of 17. Missed u19 WC this year due to back injury.

Is he back to full fitness now

[rkt.india]

29 minutes ago, Need4Speed said:

Is he back to full fitness now

Yes

[vvvslaxman]

How tall is he? 

[JaFanatic]

Kid is the fastest bowler ever from TN

[vvvslaxman]

test

Edited April 19 by vvvslaxman

[cricketfan28]

13 hours ago, JaFanatic said:

Kid is the fastest bowler ever from TN

Tiru kumaran?

[JaFanatic]

1 hour ago, cricketfan28 said:

Tiru kumaran?

Nowhere near. A 130ish pacer

[singhvivek141]

On 4/18/2026 at 1:18 PM, rkt.india said:

 

 

 

First glimpse of Pranav Raghavendra from Tamilnadu. He is supposedly quick and clocked 147 at the age of 17. Missed u19 WC this year due to back injury.

Bro, there was someone with name of Lokesh Raj as well in TN, any news about him ?

Main issue with TN is they are heavily favoured towards spinners, blame goes to the weather of Chennai as well. As pitches with pace and bounce are hard to maintain and they become dry, and we all know how much state board will actually spend on maintenance of pitches.

 

Unless, TN doesnt shift their base to a place like Coimbatore, these kids will continue to be the step child against spinners and trundlers.

 

[Suhaan]

I like Devendran also,hope his pace also increases

[tapandrun]

Sandeep was quick too, he was still bowling 140-145 kmph, not sure why he didnt get picked.

[vvvslaxman]

Fast bowlers from Tamilnadu.

 

 MJ Gopalan 1 Test (1934)
 CR Rangachari 4 Tests (1948)
 TA Sekar 2 Tests, 4 ODIs (1983)
 B Arun 2 Tests, 4 ODIs (1986)
 T Kumaran 8 ODIs (1999)
 L Balaji 8 Tests, 30 ODIs, 5 T20Is (2003)

Natrajan 1 tests 2 ODIs 4 T20Is (2020)

 

TN is not going to produce any fast bowler in this weather. It is pretty taxing. They have to move outside the state and move to some cooler place where they can relish bowling fast. 

[rkt.india]

1 hour ago, tapandrun said:

Sandeep was quick too, he was still bowling 140-145 kmph, not sure why he didnt get picked.

Sandeep warrier is from Kerala, was mainly 135-140 bowler.

[Late Cut]

The West Indies is pretty damn hot and humid…

[vvvslaxman]

9 hours ago, Late Cut said:

The West Indies is pretty damn hot and humid…

Not sure as hot as Chennai.  Real feel would be around 50 degrees in peak summer Besides their gene pool is different. 

[StraightDrive26]

RS Ambrish and Deepesh are also good prospects from TN. Ambrish had a very good U19 WC.

[singhvivek141]

On 4/20/2026 at 11:37 AM, vvvslaxman said:

Fast bowlers from Tamilnadu.

 

 MJ Gopalan 1 Test (1934)
 CR Rangachari 4 Tests (1948)
 TA Sekar 2 Tests, 4 ODIs (1983)
 B Arun 2 Tests, 4 ODIs (1986)
 T Kumaran 8 ODIs (1999)
 L Balaji 8 Tests, 30 ODIs, 5 T20Is (2003)

Natrajan 1 tests 2 ODIs 4 T20Is (2020)

 

TN is not going to produce any fast bowler in this weather. It is pretty taxing. They have to move outside the state and move to some cooler place where they can relish bowling fast. 

Coimbatore has better weather, they should move there.

[tapandrun]

He played couple of game in tnpl highest he was able to get to was 137-38 kmph on effort ball. Mostly bowled 134-135 kmph. Similar speeds to Ambrish 

[Sandz]

On 4/20/2026 at 4:07 PM, vvvslaxman said:

Fast bowlers from Tamilnadu.

 

 MJ Gopalan 1 Test (1934)
 CR Rangachari 4 Tests (1948)
 TA Sekar 2 Tests, 4 ODIs (1983)
 B Arun 2 Tests, 4 ODIs (1986)
 T Kumaran 8 ODIs (1999)
 L Balaji 8 Tests, 30 ODIs, 5 T20Is (2003)

Natrajan 1 tests 2 ODIs 4 T20Is (2020)

 

TN is not going to produce any fast bowler in this weather. It is pretty taxing. They have to move outside the state and move to some cooler place where they can relish bowling fast. 

NE India climate - not very hot, humid but generally cooler.

 

Fast bowlers produced : 0 

[JaFanatic]

6 hours ago, tapandrun said:

He played couple of game in tnpl highest he was able to get to was 137-38 kmph on effort ball. Mostly bowled 134-135 kmph. Similar speeds to Ambrish 

He breached 140s in both games. Highest being 141.1 but not as quick the reports suggested. Maybe a speed gun error(147.3) or he hasn't gone full throttle yet

Edited August 27 by JaFanatic