Tamil Nadu-born ambidextrous spinner Nivethan Radhakrishnan has earned a lot of limelight as he has been selected in the Australian U-19 squad for the upcoming ICC U-19 World Cup in the West Indies. He was also the net bowler for the Delhi Capitals in IPL 2021. He has been a part of the Tamil Nadu Premier League twice in the past.

Radhakrishnan is one of the few bowlers who can bowl both right-arm off-spin as well as left-arm spin. Courtesy of his unique bowling ability and decent batting skills, Nivethan earned a call in the Australian U-19 World Cup squad.

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When asked about his ambidextrous bowling in an interview with ESPNCricinfo earlier this year, Tamil Nadu-born cricketer said: “There was no one bowling with both hands on TV or in league cricket in Chennai. No one had heard of it back then. I was like: ‘well, why not?’ There’s no fear of failure in my game. If I don’t care what people think about me and don’t care about failing, what limit is there to what I can achieve?”

The Tamil Nadu-born cricketer also disclosed that he was lucky to share the dressing room with the star Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin during his stint with the Delhi Capitals camp in IPL 2021.

Apart from Ashwin, Nivethan has also got to spend time with former Indian batter Subramaniam Badrinath during his Tamil Nadu Premier League stints. On that note, here’s Australia’s full squad for the ICC U-19 World Cup.

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Australia U-19 World Cup squad: Harkirat Bajwa, Aidan Cahill, Cooper Connolly, Joshua Garner, Isaac Higgins, Campbell Kellaway, Corey Miller, Jack Nisbet, Nivethan Radhakrishnan, William Salzmann, Lachlan Shaw, Jackson Sinfield, Tobias Snell, Tom Whitney, Teague Wyllie.

ICC U-19 World Cup 2022 will start on January 13. Australia is part of Group D alongside hosts West Indies, Sri Lanka, and Scotland.