Let us Judge the fitness of our fast bowlers...

[vishalvirsingh]

we have top of the line fast bowlers .. i mean who are real great bowlers if they are supremmely fit. ZAK- Swings as good as the best(Steyn) and has the capability to bowl pretty quick too, with a great yorker..he can probably bowl at 140 K + ..... ZAK's today"s fitness: He misses 50 % of games on account of fitness issues.. is He Fit nough to last the world cup and play all the Matches of the world Cup, I have a serious dobt. Thank goodness there are gaps between matches. I bet he will retire from international cricket very soon after the world cup and IPL. Mumbai Indians did not pick him bcos of fitness issues. fitness score:4 on 10 strength: 10 on 10. Yes he is a very strong Man. nehra ...he is as good as ZAK when he is at his best and is definitely a good bowler..only indian pace bowler who can come close to ZAK.. he is a bowler who easily goes past 140 K when he fully fit.. is a match winner and a wicket taking bowler, I have high hopes from him if he is fit. Fitness: 2 on 10... his legs and ankle are supremmely weak....and he has to be under ice packs to play a match and it is his determination only which has got him back in international cricket else he would not have come back out of hibernation ..he once said that if he is fit he can walk into any cricket team in the world and definitely Indian team.. thats when sreesanth and Munaf were bowling at 140K and Nehra was no where..thats when he said he will easily come back , he has great confidence and has all the skills to be a great bowler..his 6 for 24 against england was no fluke.... strength: 7 on 10. SREESANTH: Fittest fast bowler that we have..good bowler when he is in form ..best part is his attitude to WIN..he played and took critical wickets when we won the T20 cup so he shud have been selected. fitness:8 on 10 strength:8 on 10 Munaf: a clever bowler who wants to be a MC garth but i bet he would not suceed much in indian conditions unless he increases his pace...he does not have the swing of Praveen but he has the Pace of praveen...i feel he will be the one who will be targetted more often by opposition players and he may hence get few wickets. fitness:4 on 10 strength:5 on 10. Umesh yadav: he is very fit..looks like he bowls fast, he is being groomed for long but he is not being given a chance..i dont know why..? and it was a shock when unadket who is a thin guy was given a chance ahead of him... fitness: 9 on 10 strength: 9 on 10 unadket.. a good bowler in the making but needs more chicken and flesh and strength... fitness and strength..fitness: 6 on 10 strength: 4 on 10. Ishant: fitness:6 on 10 strength:8 on 10. share your views about these guys and other fast bowlers... a fast bowler needs a Great Action to produce a ball at some speed Some Skill good fitness good strength pls rate our fast bowlers on these parameters..Vishal

[vishalvirsingh]

GUys ... Do participate in the talk about our fastbowlers and how good r they on fitness stregth and Skill and Pace.... let us talk about and rate our fast guys on strength fitness skill Pace out of a maximum of 10...do reply... Vishal ou

[hari504504]

Really - 'Strength' ??... where's Atul Sharma ? ..and wonder if we can persuade the great Khali to pick up cricket..

[vishalvirsingh]

Really - 'Strength' ??... where's Atul Sharma ? ..and wonder if we can persuade the great Khali to pick up cricket..

thanks Hari for replying.... what i wonder and wish to bring is the cause as to why our bowlers loose their PACE and what they need to do to keep bowling fast... one needs SKILL ( good action, rhythm,form etc) PACE FITNESS STrength Munaf,manpreet gony and many other bowlers had the pace fitness strength etc all when they came..but they did not manage their fitness and hence now they have slowed down and are now no more attacking bowler. i saw the first IPL match in which gony was bowling for chennai superkings, he has the height and he was definitely generating 140K balls and was vary fast as compared to other bowlers..he was picked into India team and I dont know where he is TODAY( he is invisible). sreenath had the skill, height, pace , strength and he maintained his fitness , as soon as his fitness dropped he retired. ZAK also has most of the things , just that he is not doing a great job to maintain his fitness.... brett lee and shaun tait are back to full fitness and I am scared that they may blow India OFF the world Cup. players shud be encourgaed to focus on PACE strength and fitness....in INDIA ..coaches train on SKills but i suppose they miss out on encouraging guys on generating better pace , focusing on improving strength and really help our guys to maintain fitness. thats why guys like gary r great bcos they r trying to encourage guys like UMESH Yadav as well as they Value Pace and strength as well. i have seen a video of ATUL and he looked pacy and strong...who is he where is he..???