How do you perpare yourself for bouncy wicket

[canadianIndian]

Is the MRF Pace Foundation still active in India? Is that facility still being used to nurture Pace bowling in India ? It started off with great promise and potential , it'd be shame if its no longer there..

[Precambrian]

No need of scoring shot against short ball in Tests. You can leave it all day. That is what Kirmani did for every 5 bouncers Marshall hurled at him at Chepauk. He kept on leaving him. You just develop the technique for leaving. That's enough. Those days teams won't have long leg and deep square leg when they bowled bouncers. These days they have them. So it is a risky shot even for seasoned players. Gauti faced one of the most hostile spell from Flintoff at Kanpur. He weathered it. What he got at barbados was nothing. When you are in two minds you are going to look very ugly against short balls. Gauti's problem is that. His form has been iffy. Once he gets back to his form you will see a different Gambhir.

It's unfortunate you're comparing Kirmani, who was at best a no.8 batsman, and never an accomplished batsman in his career, in for solely his wicketkeeping skills, to an opening batsman. He will go on leaving the short balls and when he is dismissed will find himself on 5 from 50 balls. Lol, Kanpur is hardly a deck where you'd be pissing in your pants at short bowling. I agree Gautam has been underpar really. Yes, given his class he should rectify it soon.

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[vvvslaxman]

It's unfortunate you're comparing Kirmani, who was at best a no.8 batsman, and never an accomplished batsman in his career, in for solely his wicketkeeping skills, to an opening batsman. He will go on leaving the short balls and when he is dismissed will find himself on 5 from 50 balls. Lol, Kanpur is hardly a deck where you'd be pissing in your pants at short bowling. I agree Gautam has been underpar really. Yes, given his class he should rectify it soon.

Steve waugh has struggled far more against short balls than Gauti has. batting doesn't start and end with short balls. Rohit sharma pwned Aussie bowlers on the same bouncy pitch. But why is he not anywhere close to Gambhir's class?