India, Oct. 7 -- Imagine picking up 14 wickets on your debut to break a record that had stood for nearly two decades. Dream start, right? But if you add the fact that you weren't even supposed to be in the team originally, it gets even more interesting. Now, you might think this is the script for a new Bollywood movie about some fictional cricketer. Let me tell you, it is not. A young bowler has done exactly this.

But before we get to the name and further details of the cricketer, there is another intriguing layer to this story. The cricketer who has achieved this dramatic feat never actually imagined doing it by turning the ball away from a right-handed batter. For most of his early cricketing development, he aspired to be a fast bowler...