Ashwin's line to right handers

[NareshK]

Why is he bowling around stumps to right handed batsmen recently ? Isnt this basically a defensive ploy to stop them from making runs ? It also mostly rules out lbw and bowled unless he gets a lot of turn. The line automatically means the ball will drift on to the pads and batsman will nudge it around for 5 or 6 runs an over and also score the occasional boundary. Ashwin is way better than this. Why cant he attack the stumps a lot more and try to get wickets ?

[BleedBlue]

But it also brings leg slip into play

[Sidhoni]

That strategy has led to wickets with short leg and leg slip in place. At least it did that in CT. I haven't really seen us bowl in this series.

[NareshK]

But it also brings leg slip into place

He could try this sometimes and not the whole spell. As I said, its tough to get lbw and bowled this way. West Indies batsmen are not great players of spin anyway. He has a better chance of picking wickets with over the wickets line which he does in tests successfully.

[BleedBlue]

He could try this sometimes and not the whole spell. As I said' date=' its tough to get lbw and bowled this way. West Indies batsmen are not great players of spin anyway. He has a better chance of picking wickets with over the wickets line which he does in tests successfully.[/quote'] I remember in the ausie series he went over the wicket to left handers and bowled them around the legs so maybe he is trying to do that, but i completely argee he should go over the wicket to right handers mainly

[Crookbond]

It is easier to get LBW's because the ball straightening would make the batsman a sitting duck in case he misses. Earlier batsman used to walk aside and play him down the leg side with the turn and the LBW was not that a risk. With this line, it is more a risk particularly because there's a leg slip. The batsman has to take more risk to play the ball towards square leg. Also, the doosra becomes that much more effective round the wicket.

[vvvslaxman]

His carrom ball is that much more effective bowling round the stumps.

[SLICKR392]

That strategy has led to wickets with short leg and leg slip in place. At least it did that in CT. I haven't really seen us bowl in this series.

Its a good strategy but after an over Kohli removed the leg slip and the around the wicket angle was pointless but with the ball turning in made the batsmen struggle.

[Sidhoni]

Its a good strategy but after an over Kohli removed the leg slip and the around the wicket angle was pointless but with the ball turning in made the batsmen struggle.

Removing the leg slip after just one over is not right, did Ashwin continue to go around or did he come over the wicket after that?

[SLICKR392]

Removing the leg slip after just one over is not right' date=' did Ashwin continue to go around or did he come over the wicket after that?[/quote'] He bowled around the wicket throughout the game but it run weren't coming easy with the ball turning in.

[vvvslaxman]

He has three deliveries that will bring into play 1) one that spins away.. a wide possibly on purpose to get the batsman stumped (eg. Trott dismissal) 2) one that turns back sharply from outside the leg stump (eg. Kulasekara bowled) 3) one that doesn't turn goes straight on.. effective against left handers His line and length of off spinners depend on the batsman.

[rkt.india]

This is not a bad ploy if you have control. He does not have that. So he should vary the angle every now and then.

[adi B]

his ER,avg and SR is pretty high for even a decent spinner,his main problem is he is not patient enough,tries too much of variations without much control and does not give much revolutions on the ball

[Gunner]

Why is he bowling around stumps to right handed batsmen recently ? Isnt this basically a defensive ploy to stop them from making runs ? It also mostly rules out lbw and bowled unless he gets a lot of turn.

An offspinner has a better chance of getting LBW when bowling around the stumps, as his stock delivery will pitch in line with the stumps and straighten to hit the wickets. It's difficult to get LBW bowling over the wicket as the impact has to be in line with the stumps and the delivery will mostly miss the stumps going down the legside with the turn.