Off-spinner & Left-arm spinner: Siddharth Mhatre's ambidextrous tale
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Siddharth Mhatre is naturally right-handed. His father is a big Brian Lara fan. So, when Siddharth started batting at 3, his father taught him how to bat left-handed. Now he is an elegant south-paw batter. Similarly, he is naturally an off-spinner. But one day when there were no left-arm spinners in his college nets, he tried his hand at bowling left-arm spin and bowled fairly well. Seeing his accuracy, his coach encouraged him to bowl left-arm spin. Today, looking at the batter in front, Siddharth can seamlessly switch between bowling off-spin and left-arm orthodox spin. He grew up in Uran in Raigad district. The proximity to Mumbai led him to play most of his age-group cricket in Mumbai but he never really got an opportunity in Mumbai’s ultra-competitive environment. He moved to Maharashtra and had an impressive 2023 Maharashtra Premier League (MPL). He even made his debut for the state in all three formats last season. On the eve of MPL 2024, Siddharth shares his journey on Kattyawarchya Gappa with Amol Gokhale… सिद्धार्थ म्हात्रेने वयाच्या तिसऱ्या वर्षी बॅट हातात घेतली ती उजव्या हातात... पण वडिलांनी त्यांना ब्रायन लारा आवडतो म्हणून सिद्धार्थला डावखुरी फलंदाजी शिकवली. तो गोलंदाजी देखील उजव्या हाताने करायचा. तो ऑफस्पिन टाकतो. पण एक दिवस कॉलेजच्या नेट्समध्ये कोणी डावखुरा फिरकी गोलंदाज आला नव्हता म्हणून ह्याने डावखुरी गोलंदाजी देखील करुन बघितली आणि ती जमली देखील... एकदा डावखुरी गोलंदाजी जमतेय म्हटल्यावर त्याने त्यावरच लक्ष केंद्रित केलं आणि आता तो सहजतेने समोरचा फलंदाज कोण आहे ते बघून दोन्ही हाताने गोलंदाजी करतो. सिद्धार्थ मूळचा रायगड जिल्ह्यातल्या उरणचा; मुंबईत बरंच क्रिकेट खेळला पण योग्य संधी मिळाली नाही म्हणून महाराष्ट्राकडे आला आणि इथे येऊन त्याने संधीचं सोनं केलं. २०२३ महाराष्ट्र प्रिमियर लीगमध्ये (MPL) त्याने आपल्या कामगिरीने छाप सोडली आणि गेल्या हंगामात महाराष्ट्रासाठी तिन्ही प्रकारात पदार्पण केलं... २०२४ MPLच्या पूर्वसंध्येला त्याने अमोल गोखलेबरोबर कट्ट्यावरच्या गप्पांमध्ये आपला प्रवास उलगडला आहे...
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