Mithun ecstatic with selection

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[jusarrived]

^ depends on the Nagpur pitch & if mithun impresses in the practice match , hes in with a shot whats wrong with Vishys advice ?

[Dravid]

maybe they have him in squad for bowling in nets with his "fiery pace" :P

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[Ram]

Honestly, with Indian fast bowling generally going through a comparatively lean period, it was only a matter-of-time before he made it to the national squad. It took me only 4 overs of his bowling to realize that there's enough potential for him to represent India, but I sure didnt expect he'll make the cut this soon. I think under normal circumstances, he wouldnt have made it to the top this fast, except, the current selection committee has shown before that they're willing to experiment. Their selection of Vijay for the final test against Australia in 2008 stumped on and all, but the guy delivered. It was quite obvious that at least someone in the committee had seen Vijay bat and were convinced of his pedigree. Looks like Mithun's case was quite similar. The selectors would have seen him play in the Ranji semis and finals, would have spoken to experienced hands like Dravid, Kumble (his state and IPL mates) and asked for their opinion of him. They must have given them their thumbs-up and here we have, less than 10 weeks after his FC debut, he is pitchforked into the national team. He's sure to play against the South Africans in the BP XI match and rest assured he will give it the full beans to make as big a mark as possible. Who knows, if he does manage to pick up a few wickets, he might very well be in contention for a place in the test eleven. But in all probability, this selection could just be an induction period for him into the test team. Maybe they wanted to give him the feel of being in the test squad. But one thing's absolutely certain - The selectors would have not picked him for this series unless they had at least medium term plans of making Mithun represent India in tests.

[ViruRulez]

Bah...All northies are jelious.

:hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical:

[saneindian]

May he do well against the BP 11 and also get a chance in the tests before the IPL comes and ruins another young pacer from India. Wishing the young guy all the very best.

[donkey]

An ecstatic Abhimanyu Mithun on Thursday described his national selection as reward for his hard work. More... Thursday 28th January 2010 Mithun ecstatic with selection An ecstatic Abhimanyu Mithun on Thursday described his national selection as reward for his hard work. Meanwhile, former players Anil Kumble and GR Viswanath hailed the fiery pacer's inclusion in the Indian team for the first Test against South Africa next month. Delighted with the call-up for the Test match against South Africa beginning on February 6 at Nagpur, Mithun said it was a great feeling for him. "I am feeling really great. I cannot express how I feel," an excited Mithun told PTI from Indore where he is playing Duleep Trophy.

He is already telling us what to expect. :sniffle:

[Karan114]

He is already telling us what to expect. :sniffle:

:giggle:

[pappu_kanghi]

Life in the fast lane for Abhimanyu Mithun

Abhimanyu Mithun started to take his cricket seriously just three years ago, having only played with a tennis ball till then. By the end of 2007, he was harrying batsmen on the Under-19 circuit with his pace, scooping up 37 wickets in the Cooch Behar tournament, only one short of topping the charts. He was hoping that performance would pitchfork him into Virat Kohli's side that won the U-19 World Cup in Malaysia in early 2008. He didn't make the cut then, though, but two years on, Mithun has leapfrogged everyone on that victorious team to make the national Test squad. He's done that largely on the strength of his favourite tactic: subjecting batsmen to an intense scrutiny of their technique against the short ball. He also likes slipping in yorkers but is generally a hit-the-deck kind of the bowler, whose usual delivery is the incutter to the right-hander. He hit the headlines early last year when the Royal Challengers Bangalore coach Ray Jennings talked him up as an express bowler, but a quiet IPL followed. The buzz was back once the Ranji Trophy started in November; he ripped through perennial title contenders Uttar Pradesh twice on first-class debut, which included a hat-trick. In two months, Mithun made the leap from near-anonymity to national selection. In that time, he became the highest wicket-taker in the Ranji season, snaring 47 and topping off the season with dazzling performances against UP in the semi-finals and Mumbai in the finals. None of this would have been possible had his fledgling career as a discus thrower blossomed. He made it to the state-level as a teenager but couldn't progress beyond that stage. Cricket was only a hobby till one of his friends suggested he join a cricket camp, where Mithun enjoyed the experience of bowling with the leather ball, setting in motion one of most dizzying climbs to the highest level. The son of a fitness instructor, he used to train regularly in his father's gym in his teens which has given him the sinewy build and strength so useful for a fast bowler. Another of his strong points is the ability to send down the odd cracking delivery which surprises the batsmen even when he is not at his best. For example, in the Ranji final on a bowler-friendly track in Mysore, he was guilty of wasting the new ball by not making the Mumbai batsmen play enough, and was taken off after a four-over burst. Omkar Khanvilkar and Abhishek Nayar weren't troubled much early in Mithun's second spell either, but he snapped their resistance by bowling both with full, quick deliveries. Even after a barnstorming season, eyebrows are bound to be raised when someone reaches the Indian team barely ten weeks after his first-class debut. Karnataka coach Sanath Kumar is not one of those surprised by the call-up. "From day one we knew he had the potential," he told Cricinfo. "He has the pace, bowling around 140kmh, and he has performed in every game, whether it is junior cricket or first-class cricket." Mithun has been more of a shock bowler for Karnataka this season, rather than someone who nips batsmen out by pegging away in the channel outside off stump. "He has to start thinking about how he has to plan a batsman out," Kumar said. "That will come with experience, and being with the likes of Zaheer Khan will teach him a lot." Over the past decade, plenty of Indian quick bowlers have made their international debut in a cacophony of hype, only to drop their pace and turn in lacklustre performances after a couple of years. The relentless grind of the Indian team has affected the likes of Irfan Pathan and Munaf Patel, and Mithun needs to be wary of treading that route. "It is important to be focused, it is important to keep working on the fitness aspect of the game," Venkatesh Prasad, the Karnataka seamer who was India's fast bowling coach till recently, said. "There's lot of distractions which come along your way when you are playing for the country but he should just keep doing what he's been doing to be successful." Kumar also has similar advice for Mithun. "Not only me, but Rahul [Dravid] also has said the same thing to him, 'whatever you are it is because of cricket, cricket is the ultimate, focus on the game, all other things will come, but start focusing on other things and everything is over', and he knows it well." Mithun has taken the elevator to the top, but with Sreesanth likely to be fit for the second Test, the Karnataka bowler's first stint with the national squad could be a short one. What should Mithun be looking to take away from this spell? "This should be a benchmark for him, that he's capable of getting into the team, capable of playing for the country," Prasad said. "He should take it as a motivational factor."

http://www.cricinfo.com/indvrsa2010/content/current/story/446096.html So Mithun was a discuss thrower. That means he can increase his bowling speed.

[urbestfriend]

Life in the fast lane for Abhimanyu Mithun http://www.cricinfo.com/indvrsa2010/content/current/story/446096.html So Mithun was a discuss thrower. That means he can increase his bowling speed.

Hope he doesn't turn out to be a javelin thrower :hysterical:

[pappu_kanghi]

Hope he doesn't turn out to be a javelin thrower :hysterical:

Shubh shubh bolo. Javelin maine tumahre head pe de maarna hai.

[King]

Poor guy already thinks that he will be in the playing 11 .... will be gutted when he is made to warm the benches ... and yeah very bad advice by Vishy.

Yup absolutely, he's just one to carry drinks. Remember Balaji on the NZ tour? This lad's pretty much going to fill Balaji's shoes from the NZ tour.

[Temujin Khaghan]

^^ Thats just our press trying to create a make-believe atmosphere where everything is pleasasnt in the world of Indian seam bowling.

... and when the guy drops his pace to 132kmp/h they will be the first to point out that he is a major letdown and how he is not right up there with the world class pace bowlers.