Switch Schools SA20 Player Profile: Shreeya Subbiah (Chatsworth Hub)
When the Chatsworth Hub takes to the Tuks C Field on the afternoon of Wednesday, 4 March, they’ll be led by Shreeya Subbiah, the side’s captain and leading player.
The Westville Girls’ High learner has already featured for the SA u19 side, and she will spearhead the KZN champions’ challenge for national glory at The Switch Schools S20 Volume Two Final Showdown in Pretoria.
Chatsworth has been untouchable in girls’ competition in KwaZulu-Natal in 2026, and their results during the earlier part of the competition included a 10-wicket demolition of last year’s KZN winner, Dr John L Dube. It should be noted, too, that the Chatsworth Hub did not contest the 2025 provincial competition.
Subbiah opens the batting for Chatsworth and forms a formidable partnership with Thando Matamela. Sadly, Matamela will miss The Final Showdown with a collar bone injury, which will thrust a little more pressure onto the shoulders of the Hub skipper, but she, no doubt, will be up for the challenge.
Chatworth Hub coach, Keshin Moodley, told SuperSport Schools Plus that Subbiah has been with the Chatsworth Hub since she was seven years old.
“She started as a fast bowler for me. Two years ago, we converted her into a spinner,” he said. The reason, he explained, was that Subbiah, after performing as a fast bowler, would need to immediately open the batting after the opposition had been bowled out. “That’s a bit tiring,” he commented.
Moodley described Subbiah’s batting very simply: “With her, it’s see ball, hit ball. That’s her strength! She has no weaknesses. If you bowl into her channels, out you go!
“If you look at the stats, you will see she is a very explosive player. She hits big sixes.”
Moodley said Subbiah isn’t the first player from the Chatsworth Hub to earn South African national colours. He cited Seshnie Naidu as an example of someone who recently passed through the school ranks. She represented SA u19 and has since represented the SA Women’s Team.
“My younger girls look up to these girls as inspiration,” Moodley said, “and that includes looking up to Shreeya Subbiah, too.
“As the captain of the team, they look to her as a source of support, a confidant.”
In Pretoria, Shreeya Subbiah will lead a side making its debut at the national final of the Switch Schools SA20, but they have 13 provincial players in their line-up, and with the captain setting the tone, they have the goods to challenge for the title.
