Little's path from Electric Picnic to Ireland's IPL speedster

Josh Little wants to show India fans what they person been missing successful Ireland's T20 World Cup opener successful New York.

The Irish left-arm accelerated bowler played conscionable 1 lucifer for Gujarat Titans connected 4 May successful past season's Indian Premier League.

Little picked up 4-45 successful that crippled but spent nan mostly of nan tourney carrying nan drinks and is wished to beryllium a constituent successful Wednesday's match.

"Do I want to Yes, 100%. It's not perfect playing 1 game, but nan 1 crippled I did play I thought I took my chance," Little, 24, told BBC Sport.

"The boundaries are large and I deliberation it'll beryllium a small spot different to what what nan Indian boys were playing successful nan IPL. So I'm looking guardant to bowling to them."

Little will besides walk connected immoderate tactical snippets he has gleaned connected India's players to his team-mates to thief springiness them nan separator complete their opponents.

"There's a adjacent spot of knowledge that I would person sewage complete nan 2 seasons that I'm much than happy to stock pinch nan lads," he said.

"I've had a bully fewer questions. Little things present and location that hopefully I tin adhd that 1%."

Little's world profession was almost derailed earlier it moreover decently began.

He erstwhile cried disconnected a crippled for an interprovincial fixture for Leinster Lightning truthful he could spell to a show called Electric Picnic - dubbed 'Ireland's Glastonbury'.

"This show came astir and each my friends were going," said Little, who made his T20 debut for Ireland successful September 2016 arsenic a 16-year-old.

"They conscionable said 'look, you person to find a measurement retired of going'. I conscionable messaged my coach and I said 'I'm not disposable this weekend'."

Socialising, drinking and group could person led Little astray.

But a speech pinch nan past Ireland coach Graham Ford brought matters to a head.

Ford said he saw "something special" successful Little and urged him to "choose cricket" and alteration his manner to "make a batch of money successful this game", saying "I tin spot that you are talented".

Little cleaned up his act.

"From that infinitesimal on, I deliberation I mislaid astir 20 kilos, fundamentally stopped drinking," he said.

"I was arsenic thin arsenic an Olympic boxer, which is excessively thin for what I needed to do. That was benignant of nan turning constituent successful my profession to to benignant of advancement "

Little is not personification pinch accepted tastes.

When he does person nan very occasional drink, it is usually a vessel chosen from his vino cellar alternatively than a pint of nan achromatic stuff.

The mode successful which he developed his bowling - he is nan fastest successful nan Irish broadside and has surgery nan 90mph obstruction - was besides somewhat unorthodox.

As a youngster Little utilized to practise successful nan nets astatine Pembroke Cricket Club pinch a tennis shot while their elder teams were playing connected a Saturday,

"During nan matches nan show surface was correct up against nan nets. So I didn't person immoderate tally up," Little explained.

"In nan abstraction of a fewer years I realised flicking my wrist utilizing a spot much connected my enarthrosis helped create a spot of pace."

Coaches person not tried to tinker pinch Little's action which is somewhat reminiscent of South Asian tapeball players.

"Everyone's ever benignant of said that's my constituent of difference. Luckily it's worked successful achromatic shot cricket this far." he said.