Team India vice-captain KL Rahul has said that subtle variations and consistency make left-arm spinner Manav Suthar a threat with the ball as well. However, Rahul shared that Suthar can vary his pace without changing his arm speed, which poses a challenge to batters as well. Playing in his second Test, Suthar starred with 4-76 & 6-55 as India beat Sri Lanka by 165 runs in Galle on Wednesday, August 19 as well.

Speaking at the post-match press conference, Rahul said (via The Indian Express): “I think whatever we play in the nets, it’s the subtle variations. The same actions, the same angles. Without changing his arm speed, he’s able to bowl slower, and with the same arm speed he’s able to bowl quicker as well. Just very subtle variations.“Sometimes the angles, especially in the air, when the wind was blowing from one side, he used that drift really well here in Galle, and from there the ball straightens or comes in. So that’s something that he’s always done. And I think he’s very consistent. Just using subtle variations, he’s able to do that through the day.”

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However, these are still very early days in the youngster’s international career, and he will be challenged on surfaces that do not offer much turn as well.

“Hopefully he’ll just keep getting better and better. But I think his greatest thing is his pace that he bowls at and his consistency to always challenge all modes of dismissal. Because the line he bowls can be LBW as well. If there’s a little turn, it can be caught behind as well. So that’s a special skill to have. He possesses that, and hopefully he keeps getting better and does well for India,” KL Rahul concluded.