Deepesh Devendran’s guidelines after clocking 146kph – hold bowling quick and have enjoyable

“I didn’t specifically work to increase my speed to 145kph,” Deepesh says. “I think I did a lot of volume and kept bowling after the World Cup, played [the Chennai] league and I feel it’s a result of that. I still do the same weights and gym work, but it’s the volume [of bowling] which has increased. I believe my pace has increased to 145 because of bowling more balls.

At 18, Deepesh is still raw, uncapped in the Ranji Trophy, and is learning to manage his body better.

“I deal with restoration and health club,” he says. “I do ice baths and do correct stretching, and relaxation can also be wanted. After enjoying a recreation, I get an ice tub and have a superb sleep to be in a superb house.”

Deepesh’s attitude has been aggressive too – he has exchanged verbals with batters, even at the India Under-19 levels, showing that he relishes a contest of any kind. He has also celebrated some of his wickets with aggression during the TNPL and pulled off an arrow celebration like Maheesh Theekshana.

“The slower offcutter is my different inventory ball that works for me [in white-ball cricket] and I’m coaching to regulate it”

“My father [V Devendran, former TN player] has additionally advised me to not be this aggressive (laughs),” Deepesh says. “But it involves me naturally and I’m simply being myself. It was really my Madurai crew physio who gave me the thought concerning the arrow celebration and I began doing it. I’ve one or two celebrations in my thoughts, and within the warmth of the second I did what I felt.”

Deepesh is no one-trick pony. He has also displayed his ability to cut his pace down to 110kph and get his slower offcutter to dip sharply. Though the standard of batting hasn’t been great in the TNPL, especially in recent times, it’s another sign of Deepesh’s progress as a bowler.

“The slower offcutter is my different inventory ball that works for me [in white-ball cricket] and I’m coaching to regulate it,” he says. “The extra you bowl it on the nets, you get to regulate it. It’s additionally one thing I labored with Sandy anna and attempting to get proper.”

“I do not suppose my life has modified since successful the World Cup. I hold doing the identical issues and I’ve the identical set of pals. I’m not somebody who units objectives – like I’ve to play for India, IPL or Ranji for Tamil Nadu. Whatever goes to occur, will occur. I do not overthink. Even if I bowl badly in a match, I’ll depart it on the sphere and won’t take it to my room.”

Deivarayan Muthu is a senior sub-editor at Cricinfo