Mumbai Indians’ star performer against Kolkata Knight Riders, pacer Ashwani Kumar, 23, was initially a semi-open chested bowler, revealed his coach Vajinder Singh with whom Ashwani trains at the Launching Pad Academy in Chandigarh. In his debut IPL match at the Wankhede Stadium on Monday, Ashwani’s 4-24 helped MI beat KKR by eight wickets for their first win in IPL-18. His dismissals included KKR skipper Ajinkya Rahane, Rinku Singh, Manish Pandey and Andre Russell.

“I saw Ashwani for the first time a couple of years ago when my student Ramandeep Singh [KKR batter] recommended him for training. Then, he was a semi-open chested bowler and struggled to bowl in good areas. He used to bowl good outgoing deliveries, but in-swing was a tough task for him. So, I made some corrections in his bowling action and made him a side-on action bowler, which helps him bowl in the right areas and in-swing as well,” Vajinder told mid-day from Chandigarh on Tuesday.