vvvslaxman Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 https://www.news18.com/cricketnext/news/india-vs-australia-ponting-expects-bumrah-co-to-target-aussies-with-short-deliveries-2176543.html Australia assistant coach Ricky Ponting believes India might take a leaf out of West Indies' book and target Australian batsmen with short deliveries during their 2019 World Cup clash on Sunday (June 9). Australian top order was rattled by the West Indian trio of Oshane Thomas, Sheldon Cottrell and Andre Russell as they kept hitting them with short stuff and reduced the Aaron Finch-led side to 38 for 4. Australia however were able to recover from the assault on the back of Steve Smith and Nathan Coulter-Nile and earned a hard-fought 15-run victory. Ponting thinks India can even drop one of their wrist spinners to play Mohammad Shami. "Bumrah we know is a very good new ball bowler and I'm sure he'll mix it up and bowl some short stuff and some full stuff," Ponting told cricket.com.au. "Bhuvneshwar will probably not worry you too much with his pace or his bouncers. Hardik can maybe rush you a little bit, so maybe they have a decision to make on the overall make up of their side. "Do they maybe go with only the one spinner and use (off-spinning allrounder) Kedhav Jadav as a second spinner and play another fast bowler? (yea right !!! ) "We'll worry about that in the next couple of days and make sure all the boys are prepared." Ponting said he will seek answers from Usman Khawaja and Glenn Maxwell on coping with the short ball after their dismissals put Australia in trouble against West Indies. Khawaja in particular has looked very uncomfortable against short deliveries and Ponting said the left-hander will have to find a way to tackle his weakness. "I've got some notes written in my book about that exact thing. I just want to know what's going through his mind. "For me, being back involved in the team now, I want to understand what they are thinking about at different times. It's not always just about the execution, it's about what's going inside your mind that causes the poor shots. "Usman got hit again … so he's had a few hits in the last few weeks. I haven't spoken to him (to see) if he's rattled, but that's part and parcel of top order batting against brand new balls against guys who are bowling 140 kph an hour. "You've got to find a way to cope and a way to get through hostile spells knowing that it's not going to last forever." Ponting was also surprised by Maxwell's shot selection who went for the pull shot only in the second delivery of his innings. The former Australia captain feels this match will serve as a wake-up call to his team. "It's a bit of an uncharacteristic shot from (Maxwell) as well, he's not a natural hooker and puller of the ball anyway. These are the things I want to ask him about as well when we finish up tonight, just get inside their heads a little bit. "It's just a little bit of a blip in the radar that we'll have a chat about and make sure we're prepared for the next game. "It could very well be … a wake-up call. Just understanding that if you are under pressure in big games like World Cup games, finding a mechanism or a way to get through (is important). "It could be just a good learning curve for those guys at the top and hopefully they'll bounce back strong." Link to comment
Popular Post express bowling Posted June 8, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted June 8, 2019 (edited) Both Bumrah and Shami should play against Australia. I am in favour of keeping both wrist spinners and replacing Bhuvi with Shami ... unless the conditions are very seam friendly, in which case all 3 quicks and a lone spinner should play. Edited June 8, 2019 by express bowling Adi BB, philcric, Suhaan and 7 others 10 Link to comment
test fan Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 (edited) Shami have good record vs Australia should play ahead of bhuvi but I can see same 11 Edited June 8, 2019 by test fan Link to comment
Suhaan Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 I don't see any changes being made in the Playing xi,Shami would have added much needed bite to the pace bowling but their reason of playing bhuvi ahead of him is based on his batting ability For once they can even think of benching Kuldeep but they will never leave Bhuvi out Mosher and express bowling 1 1 Link to comment
rangeelaraja Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 Ponting is just trying to be a cunning cat. Do NOT break the spin twin combo to accommodate Shami. Do NOT tinker with the bowling combo. Link to comment
Khota Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 India should do what India does best. Both spinners plus additional variation with Jadeja. Ignore the crap Ponting is spewing. Link to comment
Ankit_sharma03 Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 41 minutes ago, Khota said: India should do what India does best. Both spinners plus additional variation with Jadeja. Ignore the crap Ponting is spewing. Aus play spin well , u forgot they won the series in India n PAk recently and played all of them kuldeep, chahal, jadhav pretty well Sgattick10, Rightarmfast and Mosher 3 Link to comment
Sandeep99 Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 Bumrah doesn't need to bowl short whereas Bhuvi can't and Pandya will and get a phainty.. Rightarmfast 1 Link to comment
Khota Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 51 minutes ago, Ankit_sharma03 said: Aus play spin well , u forgot they won the series in India n PAk recently and played all of them kuldeep, chahal, jadhav pretty well And they play pace better. Always play to oppositions weakness and your strength. I still cant get over Ganguly not playing Kumble in WC finals. Just remembe sports are about creating mismatches all over the field and exploiting them. SrinjayDutta 1 Link to comment
Ankit_sharma03 Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 24 minutes ago, Khota said: And they play pace better. Always play to oppositions weakness and your strength. I still cant get over Ganguly not playing Kumble in WC finals. Just remembe sports are about creating mismatches all over the field and exploiting them. It was pace only that rattled Aus in Last game against . Kumble wont have made jackshit of diff...that side smashed everyone. When Aus came to india that year they smashed kumble n bhajji together in India . 2 spinners are enough , 3 wont make much of diff as 3rd one hardly takes wkts anyways they played kulcha pretty well . Its shami n bumrah who will trouble them at top. Jadeja can only do well if its a turner which is not possible at this point of time . Link to comment
Laaloo Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 9 hours ago, rangeelaraja said: Ponting is just trying to be a cunning cat. Do NOT break the spin twin combo to accommodate Shami. Do NOT tinker with the bowling combo. Shami for bhuvi is the ideal change Ankit_sharma03, SrinjayDutta, Suhaan and 3 others 6 Link to comment
Khota Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 42 minutes ago, Ankit_sharma03 said: It was pace only that rattled Aus in Last game against . Kumble wont have made jackshit of diff...that side smashed everyone. When Aus came to india that year they smashed kumble n bhajji together in India . 2 spinners are enough , 3 wont make much of diff as 3rd one hardly takes wkts anyways they played kulcha pretty well . Its shami n bumrah who will trouble them at top. Jadeja can only do well if its a turner which is not possible at this point of time . Bounce trobled them but they still scored almost 300. I would not call that a sub par total. They will have Hardik for lunch. As ususal he will relieve pressure. Jadeja is a smarter selection. Link to comment
mani sha Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 India strength not bouncers except. Ishant swing will what will get aussies pandya and bhuvi will get wickets i will bring jadeja in for kuldeep . Aussies don’t play left arm spin as well . Besides kuldeep is overexposed to them . Keep him for semis Link to comment
Ankit_sharma03 Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 (edited) 21 minutes ago, Khota said: Bounce trobled them but they still scored almost 300. I would not call that a sub par total. coz they didnt have extra seamer to continue the assault and ofcourse they are a good team When kumble bhajji played agianst them In india they smashed us for around 350.....so they chased 359 against kulcha few mnths ago and made 300+ in a game before And why wud u play 3 spinners in england that to when their are 2 new balls and pitches tend to seam around for first few overs Quote They will have Hardik for lunch. As ususal he will relieve pressure. Jadeja is a smarter selection. till now they havent If i remeber it jadeja whom warner once had for lunch when he smashed him for 5 continous sixes Jadeja batting against starc n cummins Edited June 8, 2019 by Ankit_sharma03 Link to comment
cowboysfan Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 Bhuvi has lost his wicket taking ability,you need both opening bowlers to to be wicket takers. Link to comment
vvvslaxman Posted June 8, 2019 Author Share Posted June 8, 2019 Nobody thought about bouncy pitches in England. we were too focused on flat pitches. Ishant would have been a great addition to this line up. Link to comment
express bowling Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 1 hour ago, mani sha said: India strength not bouncers except. Ishant Bumrah has a very good bouncer ... and Shami has a good bouncer too. Shami bounced out 6 or 7 Australians in the Perth test. And Bumrah is always bouncing out batters. Mosher 1 Link to comment
express bowling Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 3 hours ago, Sandeep99 said: Bumrah doesn't need to bowl short For better effectiveness, every quick pacer needs to bowl a few short balls unless there is consistent swing and seam movement on offer. And even then, a few goid bouncers make the batsmen circumspect about coming on the front foot and they find it more difficult to counter seam and swing. 3 hours ago, Sandeep99 said: whereas Bhuvi can't and Pandya will and get a phainty.. Pandya maybe an average bowler but has a good bouncer. Mosher 1 Link to comment
vvvslaxman Posted June 8, 2019 Author Share Posted June 8, 2019 Agree Pandya's bouncers are better than Bhuvi's. It is his height or wrist position Bhuvi is not able to bowl mean bouncers. Shami can really get you with surprise bouncers. Link to comment
kubrickian Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 Both wrist spinners should play. Ideally, Shami should play in place of Bhuvi but because of a lack of batting depth, they seem to think Bhuvi could add some runs but I dont think he will make much of a difference batting wise. Link to comment
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