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Khaleel Ahmed needs to go back to bowling 138 kph to 148 kph ... like he was doing in early 2018


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Khaleel Ahmed was bowling 138 kph to 148 kph with bounce in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2017-18 early this year.

 

And was bowling really well when bowling at this pace.  Bowling with skills and not spraying the ball.

 

Picked up 17 wickets from 10 matches in SMA Trophy 2017-18  at an average of only 15.5  and economy rate of only 6.8 while bowling really quickly.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Now ... he is bowling 126 kph to 136 kph.  It makes no sense converting a genuine fast bowler to a medium pacer.  Especially when that fast bowler was bowling really well.

 

The Team Management and the coaches / mentors who are responsible for this drop of pace by tweaking his action and ball release  ... need to know that he was bowling as quickly as Oshane Thomas not too long back.

 

And take corrective steps.

 

Don't push back Indian pace bowling to the 1980s.

 

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Khaleel's speeds in the only IPL match he played in May 2018

 

144 k

144 k

145 k

144 k

-

Slower

 

 

140 k

144 k

145 k

139 k

141 k

145 k

 

 

Slower

143 k

Slower

144 k

Slower

138 k

 

 

 

Fastest   145 k

Average  139 k

 

https://www.iplt20.com/match/2018/59

 

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Khaleel's speed reductions almost every match

 

1.  SMA Trophy  March  2018 televised match

 

Fastest    148 k

Average   142 k

 

2.  IPL Qualifier on 25.05.2018

 

Fastest    145 k

Average   139 k

 

3. Asia Cup vs HK

 

Fastest    145 k

Average   135 k

 

4. Asia Cup vs Afghanistan 

 

Fastest    143 k

Average   131 k

 

5. WI  ODI 1

 

Fastest    142 k

Average   133 k

 

6. WI ODI 3

 

Fastest    142 k

Average   131 k

 

7. WI ODI 4

 

Fastest    136 k

Average   130 k

 

8. WI ODI 5

 

Fastest    139 k

Average   130 k

 

9.  WI T20I  1

 

Fastest    136 k

Average   128 k

 

Source :  BCCI.tv  And IPLT20.com

 

 

He is reducing speeds in almost every match without fail.

 

Would he challenge Jadeja next  ?

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Let him evolve gradually rather than being obsessed with what pace he is bowling. With his fragile body, bowling 140+ is not going to be sustainable right now. Needs to add some strength and muscle.

 

Just for comparison, he's got same number of wickets in 6 matches as Varun Aaron got in 9 matches and at a much better average. This will give him more confidence rather than confidence of bowling 140-145 and not doing as well. He's shown more skills than Aron did.

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His bowling speeds were utterly pathtic!

 

Unadcunt and crapthan speeds.

 

He only has himself to blame.  No one telling him to bowl like a trundler.  Bumrah and Umesh bowled quick.

 

He needs long hard look in the mirror.  Otherwise bugger of to domestics and sort it out.  Not interested in 128 trundling.  Jason Roy will lick him

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1 hour ago, express bowling said:

Khaleel's speeds in the only IPL match he played in May 2018

 

144 k

144 k

145 k

144 k

-

Slower

 

 

140 k

144 k

145 k

139 k

141 k

145 k

 

 

Slower

143 k

Slower

144 k

Slower

138 k

 

 

 

Fastest   145 k

Average  139 k

 

https://www.iplt20.com/match/2018/59

 

He ended up giving 38 runs in 3 overs which led to him not playing a single match afterwards. What would a young player prefer? Good performances in first few games, take wickets, gain confidence, prove to himself he belongs or go flat out, get hit and whither away?

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Having sais that, Khaleel should be encouraged to bowl fast. That he has bowled at 148 kmph in his career, suggests he has the natural pace and unlike trundlers like Unadkat, Mohit Sharma, Shardul Thakur, Kaul and Chahar, does not have to learn to bowl fast.

 

In his short int'l career so far, he's already shown he's the other skills as well - moving the ball both ways, bringing the ball into right handers and away from lefties, bouncers, slower deliveries, bowling from over the wicket and straightening to the right-handers. It's now about him feeling confident and gradually going back to his natural pace, which I am sure will happen in next few matches. 

 

Can't he see why he's being unnecessarily panned by posters

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56 minutes ago, ShoonyaSifar said:

He ended up giving 38 runs in 3 overs which led to him not playing a single match afterwards.

 

There was no afterwards.

 

Khaleel was made to sit on the bench for all the 14 league matches in IPL 2018. Was totally out of match practice for almost 2 months and very rusty.  Then was suddenly played in a knockout match.  What kind of performance do you expect  !   

 

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What would a young player prefer? Good performances in first few games, take wickets, gain confidence, prove to himself he belongs or go flat out, get hit and whither away?

 

When a pacer starts bowling much slower than his normal speed range, it is often a sign of injury or        action / run-up / ball release being tinkered with or        lack of focus or intensity or     he is out of rhythm.

 

Bowling at normal full pace does not affect a pacer's accuracy.  And cutting down pace deliberately does not make him any more accurate.

 

As I said in my earlier posts ... Khaleel bowled really well when he was bowling 138 k to 148 k.  Was accurate and displayed a wide range of skills.  

 

We saw something similar in the Asia Cup.  Khaleel returned with great bowling figures when he was bowling quick and his team was under pressure in both the matches.

 

He was poor in the first ODI vs the WI when he was slower.

 

He bowled well in the games when the WI batters were pathetic and anyway under pressure.

 

We will see what happens when the opponents are putting up a fight.  It won't be so easy doing well at 128 k.

 

Bottomline is ...  if a pacer is fit    and has a good run up, action and ball release     and  has focus and intensity    and is in rhythm ...   he won't be bowling much slower than he normally does.   And he will be bowling well too.

 

 

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1 hour ago, ShoonyaSifar said:

 

This will give him more confidence rather than confidence of bowling 140-145 and not doing as well. He's shown more skills than Aron did.

 

Why is it an either or  ?

 

Khaleel has a wide range of skills.   He will have most of those skills even at 140 k to 145 k.  Infact,  some if his skills   like yorkers or bouncers or rising short balls or stump directed indippers ... will be more effective at high speeds.

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1 minute ago, express bowling said:

 

Why is it an either or  ?

 

Khaleel has a wide range of skills.   He will have those skills even at 140 k to 145 k.  Infact,  some if his skills   like yorkers or bouncers or rising short balls or stump directed indippers ... will be more effective at high speeds.

Maybe, leave it to the bowler to decide how confident he's about executing those skills at high pace in international matches? Who are we to judge? He's already  shown more skills in int'l cricket than he did in domestic cricket where all he had was raw pace with limited movement.

 

Remember we are talking about a young bowler with hardly any FC experience under his belt. So better to be patient with him and let him grow into his int'l career and not go down the path of Varun Aaron who has taken 6-7 years to finally learn moving the ball regularly. I'm not saying he should not bowl fast, just saying let him get there step by step.

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24 minutes ago, express bowling said:

 

There was no afterwards.

 

Khaleel was made to sit on the bench for all the 14 league matches in IPL 2018. Was totally out of match practice for almost 2 months and very rusty.  Then was suddenly played in a knockout match.  What kind of performance do you expect  !   

 

 

When a pacer starts bowling much slower than his normal speed range, it is often a sign of injury or        action / run-up / ball release being tinkered with or        lack of focus or intensity or     he is out of rhythm.

 

Bowling at normal full pace does not affect a pacer's accuracy.  And cutting down pace deliberately does not make him any more accurate.

 

As I said in my earlier posts ... Khaleel bowled really well when he was bowling 138 k to 148 k.  Was accurate and displayed a wide range of skills.  

 

We saw something similar in the Asia Cup.  Khaleel returned with great bowling figures when he was bowling quick and his team was under pressure in both the matches.

 

He was poor in the first ODI vs the WI when he was slower.

 

He bowled well in the games when the WI batters were pathetic and anyway under pressure.

 

We will see what happens when the opponents are putting up a fight.  It won't be so easy doing well at 128 k.

 

Bottomline is ...  if a pacer is fit    and has a good run up, action and ball release     and  has focus and intensity    and is in rhythm ...   he wint be bowling much slower than he normally does.   And he will be bowling well too.

 

 

All I read there is IF XYZ happens, if abc happens and further if ABC and xyz happen simultaneously, we will get great results. Not as simple as you make it sound, definitely not so for a 20 years old Indian pacer who has hardly bowled 300 overs across formats at the top level.

 

Let's compare him to someone like Oshane Thomas who's been consistently 145+. Thomas has a bowling average of 58 and a ER of 8.92 in 2 ODIs matches. How does getting such a thrashing help a young bowler's confidence? Takes a lot of mental fortitude to comeback after such pastings. 

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6 hours ago, ShoonyaSifar said:

All I read there is IF XYZ happens, if abc happens and further if ABC and xyz happen simultaneously, we will getgreat results.

 

Let me put it simply.  It is not really optional for a pacer to bowl his stock deliveries significantly slower if everything is ok.  A huge drop in speeds of stock deliveries is a sign of something going wrong.

 

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 not so for a 20 years old Indian pacer who has hardly bowled 300 overs across formats at the top level.

 

This I agree with.  He is a work in progress.   Which is why so many modern captains don't want rookies in the team. They want almost finished products.

 

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Let's compare him to someone like Oshane Thomas who's been consistently 145+. Thomas has a bowling average of 58 and a ER of 8.92 in 2 ODIs matches. How does getting such a thrashing help a young bowler's confidence? Takes a lot of mental fortitude to comeback after such pastings. 

 

No one is saying that bowling 145 k+ is by itself enough at the top level.  A good pacer needs a combination of pace, bounce and skills.  I don't know why some people keep pointing to low skilled quick bowlers and criticize bowling quick.

 

Moreover, Thomas has bowled to Kohli, Rohit and Co.   while Khaleel has bowled against Hong Kong and a weak WI side.  Not really comparable.

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