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saisrini80 said:
Who is Atul Sharma?
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He is an Indian fast bowler who is yet to bowl in domestic cricket. He has been privately trained in the UK by famous bowling coach Ian Pont who trained him to be as strong as an Olympian athlete. He can bowl at 100mph. He was under a media embargo for the past year to avoid him being given too much unnecessary attention from the media. He was taken to the UK as Ian Pont felt he could be ruined by any coach other than him and he didn't want to comprimise his unique action. Instead, he made slightly modified it. Before, he used to be a more front on bowler, now he's a more side on bowler which allows him to put all that weight training he does to use. I certainly cannot wait.

Here is what Ian Pont has to say about him.
Just wanted to let everyone know that you are soon to hear about a fast bowler, you've never previously heard of, who is currently the world's fastest bowler.

He is Atul Sharma from Mumbai who's been working with me for 3 years away from everyone's view.

Atul has already bowled over 100 mph and has a hand release speed of around 105 mph. Of all the fast bowlers I have worked with, Atul is unique.

I am hoping everyone will see him if he can get an IPL team for next season and I think you will staggered when you see his action. It's all under wraps just now as he's out in the US and is due to come to the UK in two weeks before he flies back to India.
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1. Atul is a serious athlete (100m sprinter and very good). He's extremely fit and flexible with a great physique. Excuse me for saying this but very un-Indian. He is not tall, but strong and well built.

2. His action is unique - more specifically how we combine 3 things: cricket, sprinting and javelin. You will see more when you see him. I can say much more now but all will be revealed.

3. He has been off the cricket radar for 3 years DELIBERATELY. The reason is that having coached in India myself, he would have had a rough ride from other coaches, while changing to the techniques we are adopting. I think traditional coaches can be cruel and very non-understanding of what we're doing, so would just hassle him. Atul has had to change his release from front on to sideways on, thus accessing his IMMENSE strength and power. The second reason he's not been playing is we have had to cement changes in his action over time. When this guy bowls he needs to be the real deal and not a wannabe. I am not sure others could copy his training methods (olympic standard weights, running and physical stress) to get him to this level.

4. As for accuracy, he is bowling the ball straight. The issue for Atul is landing it where he wants to in terms of length as everything is likely to be extremely full (low full toss, yorker) with his trajectory. That's the final part of this long 3 year journey this guy has made.

5. As for hype, well only the results can prove otherwise. He still has to do this in a match and under pressure, but the first check point has been hand release speed. Off a 6 pace run-up he has been over 90mph and from a standing position (no run-up at all) over 80 mph.

I think Atul is a one-off, unorthodox in his methods of training, unique in combining various speed and strength key things from other sports, plus a REAL TEST of my coaching knowledge to keep this guy on track and able to bowl. All that will stop Atul from becoming a sensation now, is himself.

I will say that the stress and strain on his body to project the ball at those speeds is huge. That's why it's taken this long to get to this point of being ready to bowl. As for the future, I have no idea what's out there for him. But I do know this - if he bowls above 90 mph with ease, he will be a big name. And if he does his 100 mph trick, I think India has a new hero.

I have never met a more dedicated human being than Atul. He's a one-off in cricket - more like an Olympian than a cricketer with his understanding and willingness to get things right. His approach to everything would shame almost every player in the game today.

It's not all about sheer speed but India has lacked in this department and Atul might just ignite interest in fast bowling methods, which is my particular skill. What's about to happen will be interesting at the very least...!
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Oh god oh god! Unbelievable hype on this guy. One failure, and he will receive rough treatment like no one else.

Pray to god that he does indeed succeed immediately because this hype is just UNBELIEVABLE!!! I have not read such a hype on any other Indian player so far.

Is he playing for the Mumbai Indians? Good reason enough for me to follow the IPL more passionately.
 
saisrini80 said:
Oh god oh god! Unbelievable hype on this guy. One failure, and he will receive rough treatment like no one else.

Pray to god that he does indeed succeed immediately because this hype is just UNBELIEVABLE!!! I have not read such a hype on any other Indian player so far.

Is he playing for the Mumbai Indians? Good reason enough for me to follow the IPL more passionately.
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He has been signed for the Rajasthan Royals.
 
Is it April 1st?

I hope this is not another bloke in the line of Munaf Patel and VRV Singh who were hyped to be out-and-out fast bowlers but really fell short of the mark.
 
^^^But Munaf and VRV were not heard of trying new techniques in training, etc. This guy sounds unique to me in his training methods, etc. Lets see how he turns up.
 
What are the chances this will go ahead at all? Seeming as though the latest schedule has been rejected.
 
Christ. Is he a human? I'm beginning to get interest to see him in the cricketing arena. Nice article there Shravo. Good find. :) :D..
 
As far as I know, Delhi, Jaipur and Vizag are not likely to host matches according to the revised IPL schedule. Also the govt. denied providing security at those places because of the election(bah.) And also the home ministry stated that Delhi is not to be provided for cricket, dunno with what in mind they said that.

Above all I heard it in a newscast. So its likely to be 50% fake.
 
m_vaughan said:
He has been training in England for 4 years, so doesn't that make him eligible to play for England as well?
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I'm not sure, but why would he want to play for England over India when India are doing so well at the moment? If that's not a good enough reason then it's probably been his dream to play for India since his childhood.
 
He's been training in the US as well, so he's not been a permanent resident in the UK. We don't need him anyway, we've got Anderson, Harmison, Broad and Flintoff.............:p Looking forward to seeing this Sharma lad though. Ian Pont's a fantastic coach, so I reckon Sharma could live up to the hype. That's 2 reasons for me to watch the IPL though, KP and now Sharma.
 
And if...there were no Anderson, Harmison, Broaddd, FlintOff?:p
 
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