Digvesh Rathi: Emerging star of IPL-2025 and his unique mystery spin journey | Cricket news

Digwesh RathiFor a long time Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) Mystery spinnerThe IPL-2025 is a toast, which has attracted everyone’s attention with its frugal mantra and important wickets. After being punished twice for his extraordinary ‘notebook’ celebration, Rathi hopes that he can script a memorable weather for his and franchise.
Excerpt from a special interview …
What inspired you to take leg-spin? I was initially a batsman, but had very few opportunities. After batting, I will hot or bow to senior batsmen, and I learned a lot as a net bowler as a net bowler (as a net bowler. Kolkata Knight Riders In 2024). I tried those techniques in the nets and learned everything new from there.
Where did you learn the basics? I never learned the basics. Nobody taught me. I did not bowl basic! I loved ‘mystery bowling’ because it was new to the world, I enjoyed bowling and enjoyed watching it. I used to bat, but when I bowled in the nets, I was very happy to beat the batsmen with mystery balls. I played in a campus in Dilshad Garden (in Delhi), where a senior teammate, Robin Bisht asked me to focus on bowling. He told me that I was to be a bowler, not a batsman. When I started. About mystery bowling, if you ask someone, they will probably say that they do not know much about it. Mystery spinners often discuss things among themselves. I spoke to Mujib ur Rehman during the Mumbai Indians match, and he thinks that I think in the same way. Last year, when I was a pure bowler for KKR, I talked to Varun Chalwarni, and he thinks similarly. I believe that all mystery spinners think in this way.

Did you not try to change their unique bowling action? Nobody inspired me. Everyone said that this ‘mystery’ spin will not work, that I should leave it and simply spin regularly, and I should play in the Ranji Trophy. All my coaches said that I should bowl offspin, but I did not like off-spin at all. Cricket in Delhi is so fast that if you bowl offstapine, you can bowl in only 2-3 overs. After that, the batsmen only target the offspiner and try to hit sixes regardless of the size of the ground or the position of the pitch.

Is Delhi Premier League (DPL) Is it important to attract your development and IPL talent huntors? Yes, not only for me but for all cricketers in Delhi. Many cricketers play very well, and for them, DPL is a big platform. If they are not able to play domestic cricket for Delhi for some reason, they can perform well in DPL and also catch the attention of IPL franchisees. I took 14 wickets in DPL. I thought I should have taken more.
How was it to dismiss your idol Sunil Narin? This was a very special moment in my life. I was about to bowl in the powerplay, but in that match, I did not get a chance. I prepared a strategic setup for women because she was exceptionally well bats. My plan was to get him out in the powerplay, but when I did not find to bowl in that period, I felt that it would be easy to dismiss him later when the ground was open. I really praise his bowling, although he is also a good batsman.
When you took Punjab Kings Batter, you celebrated aggressively Priyash AryaWickets … I knew that if I do the way I do for him, he usually bowls, I would not be able to get him out. Therefore, a day earlier, I (LSG) spent an hour on the ground with coaches Justin Langer and Vijay Dahiya Sir, and I developed a new change because I knew that Priyash would read my googly. He is a talented player. I decided that one ball would run away, and the other would be a googly. This way I drove him out.
What do you think success in IPL will change your career? I just want to do what I am doing. I love learning new things. I enjoy living in a moment. I do not even like watching the previous matches. I do not look back or see my own bowling appealing. I do not enjoy social media. I just want to do well for my team.