'There was a Volleyball tournament happening near SRM University and a senior from SRM University came and said 'you have a good height, in cricket, it is so difficult to play for India and opportunities are less, in volleyball, it is not like that.' He said I can learn easily due to my height and then I asked my father, and my father supported me to play volleyball,' Angamuthu further said.

I was serious about cricket and my goal was to continue playing cricket besides my studies.' 'I wanted to pursue Aero Space Engineering, I used to study well till 12th. So I started playing professionally and then I played for school nationals,' a cheerful Angamuthu told IANS as he went into a flashback to describe things in a more lucid way. 'I played cricket as a hobby but my coach said that you have a good ability to bowl well, you should play professionally.

It was the most difficult decision to make as most of the athletes of his age were booming in their careers while Angamuthu had just stepped into a sport he had no idea of.Īngamuthu, who raised the bar for attackers in the Prime Volleyball League due to his height (205 cm), took up volleyball as one of his seniors advised him to play the sport since he had a good height. Kochi, Mar 7 (IANS): Angamuthu Ramaswamy who? Not many had heard of this star player, who plays as a Universal for the Ahmedabad Defenders in the PVL, before the 28-year-old athlete decided to pursue a career in Volleyball leaving behind his first love i.e cricket.Īngamuthu left cricket to play volleyball at the age of 19.

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