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Father wanted Manav Suthar to be a batsman the world fears, but he develops into a spinner the world could fear one day | Cricket News

When Jagdish Suthar enrolled son Manav at a coaching programme in Sriganganagar district that sits next to the LoC in Rajasthan, his message to the coach Dheeraj Sharma was loud and clear: “Make him a batsman the world fears.” But 48 hours later, Jagdish’s dream ended even before it took flight. “My coach told him, ‘Sir, this fellow is made to be a spinner. Don’t stop him. He is my responsibility now.’ That was that,” Manav recalls the start of his cricketing career. At a time when India are scouting the next rung of spinners in Tests, the 22-year-old Suthar is high on the pecking order. On Friday, playing for India C in the Duleep Trophy, he became only the second spinner to pick up a five-wicket haul at Anantapur, a venue that has historically aided the seamers. It is the sort of performance that would take him closer to a national call-up, with the selectors keenly following his upward trajectory. Like Dheeraj a decade ago, those in decision-making corridors are gushing over Suthar’s traits. …