Bharath Ramaraj

Principal Correspondent at @RevSportzGlobal. Ex @cricbuzz. Covered 2024 Women's World Cup and 2025 Champions Trophy.

Once upon a time known for doing MBA

[Bharath Ramaraj @Fancricket12]

What I liked while conducting this interview is Ashok Sharma's focus on red-ball cricket and fitness.

Hopefully, he will continue to work hard on his bowling.

[RevSportz Global @RevSportzGlobal]

“From my point of view, he was very good. He is very supportive, very helpful.” - Ashok Sharma about playing under Shubman Gill at Gujarat Titans.

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[Nikhil 🏏 @CricCrazyNIKS]

A day like this makes me grateful to have done what I have so far.

I'm hoping, even desperate tbh, to ensure I can keep working in cricket, covering it.

Would be honored to join any cricket org/platform who feels I can add value to their cricket coverage. 🙏

[Debashish Sarangi @Plumb_infront]

@Fancricket12 India t20Is k liye bahar hi kar diya 😹

[Bharath Ramaraj @Fancricket12]

@I_am_DipCh Why is it artificially*? He is a hip-dominant pacer and he is said to be athletic enough as per the research that was done. He just realised his full potential.

[Bharath Ramaraj @Fancricket12]

Bringing up the name of a coach who was there with Nitish for about 8 days, makes little sense. Better to look inwards, instead of blaming someone else.

Nitish suffered a left quadriceps injury even in January this year. Why did that happen? He wasn't trying to increase his pace then.

[SK Anand @di_an]

@Fancricket12 Need a scientific approach that will arrive from the Vision. Else the holy grail will just peter and dry out

[Bharath Ramaraj @Fancricket12]

@I_am_DipCh The point was about relating solely X to Y injury.

Just like Hardik ji, he has had a history of quadriceps/hamstring injuries. Not like he suffered it for the first time.

Played in a gruelling 12-week IPL in the heat.

[Bharath Ramaraj @Fancricket12]

@di_an List A cricket in England is now played by those who don't get opportunities to play in the Hundred. Basically, a second-tier tournament.

[Bharath Ramaraj @Fancricket12]

In the build-up to the series in Zimbabwe, Ashok was playing red-ball cricket in the Emerging Men’s tournament at the Centre of Excellence; a BCCI initiative to harness the potential of India’s next generation of red-ball cricketers. Here’s what Ashok had to say about the experience of playing in a four-day game. “I picked up four wickets in the first innings and scored fifty runs,” he said. “I was practicing for it, I knew I had to play red ball in the Emerging tournament.

“My rhythm was good, I took a wicket in the first over, picked up three wickets in three overs. Then I got the opportunity to score 50 runs by batting lower down the order. In the first over, I bowled outswing, outswing, then I had visualised I would bowl a good inswinger. And I did that, he was clean bowled. Aarya Desai was the batter. In red ball, patience is the key, the patience to bowl in good areas, that is red-ball cricket,” he added.

[Bharath Ramaraj @Fancricket12]

There is also an interesting story to narrate on how Ashok came to know about his selection for the short tour of Zimbabwe. In an exclusive chat with RevSportz, he said, “I was doing gym, my elder brother called me to say that you have been picked in the (Indian) team. I was like, ‘don’t joke, I am doing gym, I will talk to you later’. He replied, ‘you have been actually picked’. Then I saw it on Instagram. I talked with my father, mother, everyone was happy, I was happy. The hard work that I have put in, gave me rewards. Everyone has a dream, to play for the country.”

[Bharath Ramaraj @Fancricket12]

Always excited with their fast-bowling group. Just take your catches.

Under pressure, their fielders tend to drop catches.

[Zimbabwe Cricket @ZimCricketv]

Zimbabwe name squad for India T20I series

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[Bharath Ramaraj @Fancricket12]

There is also an interesting story to narrate on how Ashok came to know about his selection for the short tour of Zimbabwe. In an exclusive chat with RevSportz, he said, “I was doing gym, my elder brother called me to say that you have been picked in the (Indian) team. I was like, ‘don’t joke, I am doing gym, I will talk to you later’. He replied, ‘you have been actually picked’. Then I saw it on Instagram. I talked with my father, mother, everyone was happy, I was happy. The hard work that I have put in, gave me rewards. Everyone has a dream, to play for the country.”

[Bharath Ramaraj @Fancricket12]

What I liked while conducting this interview is Ashok Sharma's focus on red-ball cricket and fitness.

Hopefully, he will continue to work hard on his bowling.

[RevSportz Global @RevSportzGlobal]

“From my point of view, he was very good. He is very supportive, very helpful.” - Ashok Sharma about playing under Shubman Gill at Gujarat Titans.

@Fancricket12 ✍️
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[Bharath Ramaraj @Fancricket12]

It is about intensity levels. Even if you bowl 10 overs on the trot in nets, it is nowhere the same as bowling 3-4 overs on the trot in the high-demanding world of IPL. If your optimum level is say 140 kph, then that franchises expect you to touch 140 kph from ball 1 in the ipl. There is no real scope of building up your speeds or rhythm.

[Bharath Ramaraj @Fancricket12]

People will tell you it is about bowling just 2-3-4 overs in a T20 game. It isn't that simple. In the world of IPL, the demands are high. You're expected to touch your optimum level from ball 1. You can't gradually build your pace/rhythm. And you're bowling in that heat in the summer.

[zuann @_zuann_]

@Fancricket12 hoff cummins starc can skip ipl to focus on wc/ashes/wtc. franchise won't allow jassi/hp/nkr/gill this.

[Bharath Ramaraj @Fancricket12]

@I_am_DipCh Erm, how do you explain the quadriceps injury to Nitish in October last year then?? Here, you can't say X injury is because of Y changes only. It doesn't work like that.

[Bharath Ramaraj @Fancricket12]

If you believe Nitish is so important, then why did you guys allow him to play every match over a 12-week long ipl? Manage his workloads. Obviously, it can't happen as X tournament is very important.

[Bharath Ramaraj @Fancricket12]

Bringing up the name of a coach who was there with Nitish for about 8 days, makes little sense. Better to look inwards, instead of blaming someone else.

Nitish suffered a left quadriceps injury even in January this year. Why did that happen? He wasn't trying to increase his pace then.

[Bharath Ramaraj @Fancricket12]

@goel_prabal That is how it used to work. But the demands in X tournament are higher.

[Bharath Ramaraj @Fancricket12]

Intensity levels. You might bowl 5 overs on the trot in the nets but the intensity levels won't be the same. For example, if Jofra bhai's top speed is about 150 kph, then he is expected to touch 150 kph from ball 1 in the demanding world of ipl. You can't really build your rhythm.

[Bharath Ramaraj @Fancricket12]

People will tell you it is about bowling just 2-3-4 overs in a T20 game. It isn't that simple. In the world of IPL, the demands are high. You're expected to touch your optimum level from ball 1. You can't gradually build your pace/rhythm. And you're bowling in that heat in the summer.

[Bharath Ramaraj @Fancricket12]

October last year.