Aaron quickens India pulse

[rkt.india]

Rarely does MS Dhoni collect a ball with fingers pointing skywards and the ball thudding into his gloves. Even on this pitch, the quickest this set of India players might have played on, he barely felt the thud. Not from one end, though. Varun Aaron, playing his first Test in two-and-a-half years, only his seventh first-class match since his last Test, having recovered from five stress fractures over his short career, repeatedly kept thudding into those camouflage gloves when not drawing a hurried response from the batsman. It is too early to say anything substantial about Aaron - he has yet to come back for a proper second spell on the day, he has not been the most accurate, this is inherently a quick pitch, and he is not 95mph either - but there is pace, and that should excite India. Raw pace sometimes get underrated. Sometimes you can get away with lack of accuracy if you have that raw pace. All three of his wickets have come through pace, and more satisfactorily two of those have come with the full ball after he had pushed the batsmen back. Watching a batsmen bowled through the gate after having been troubled with a bouncer previous ball is something Indian fans don't usually get to celebrate. Aaron did that to Moeen Ali after extending, in consent with his captain, his over by one spell. Aaron's role in the team is to bowl short and sharp spells, but India don't have the luxury of sustained pressure from the other end, so as to give Aaron - like Michael Clarke does Mitchell Johnson - four-over spells religiously. "There is no role as such," Aaron said, asked if he had the liberty to go flat out in short bursts. "Obviously there is a clear message that I have to bowl quick whenever I bowl. I have bowled a six-over spell too, so bowling five or six overs is not a problem. It depends on the situation also. But yeah, shorter spells are always better." Aaron had bowled flat out on the second morning, for four overs almost consistently over 85mph. Dhoni walked up to him before the next, and asked him if he could bowl another. Both felt they were on to something. Moeen was on strike. He has had problems with the short ball. Aaron said Moeen being on strike didn't play any part in the decision, but he wanted to bowl that extra over. The first ball was a bouncer at the throat, at around 88mph, and hit Moeen's glove even as he was halfway into the shot. The next ball was a peach, pitched up, swinging in late, past the inside edge of a high backlift, thudding into the pad, and then into the stumps. He would have had Moeen plumb lbw had he not hit the stumps. Aaron was pretty satisfied with that dismissal without being smug about it. "In the previous match also, he had a problem against the short ball," Aaron said. "And even at Lord's. So I was obviously watching from the sidelines, and knew if I got a couple of good bouncers in, he might be in trouble. Good bouncer set-up followed by a good full ball is a good option." A year and a half ago, bowling quick again was just a dream for Aaron. He was getting operated in London to relieve him of a fifth stress fracture. "When I got operated, one of my targets back then was to come on this tour," Aaron said. "I am really glad I am here, I am finally playing, and I have had a decent match so far." There was no question he would hold back, though. "If I held myself back, I wouldn't be bowling quick at all," Aaron said. "I have had five stress fractures. If I am not holding myself back now, I don't see a reason to ever hold myself back." There will soon be a longer day in the field, followed by a Test with a three-day break. That will provide a more accurate assessment of if Aaron can sustain his pace, and what he can do with it.

http://www.espncricinfo.com/england-v-india-2014/content/story/768323.html

[CG]

Crapinfo :hysterical::hysterical: Crapping in their pants.

[tweaker]

I would like to see this attak in. Australia Umesh Aaron . Bumrah Shami

[NareshK]

It was great watching him bowl. Hope he always bowls full tilt and bowls quick and hope he is managed well.

[asterix]

I would like to see this attak in. Australia Umesh Aaron . Bumrah Shami

Who'll be wicket keeping against them?

[Number]

Its just 3 wickets on a bowling pitch. People need to calm down a bit.

[India-KXIP fan]

Good to see pacers coming through. Hopefully one of them combines pace with skill and consistency. Great bowlers barring McGrath and Pollock have 140+ pace but also skill and consistency to go with it. Not many signs of India finding a genuine sub 25 quick just yet but need a decent attack.

[rkt.india]

Its just 3 wickets on a bowling pitch. People need to calm down a bit.

:two_thumbs_up:

[NareshK]

Good to see pacers coming through. Hopefully one of them combines pace with skill and consistency. Great bowlers barring McGrath and Pollock have 140+ pace but also skill and consistency to go with it. Not many signs of India finding a genuine sub 25 quick just yet but need a decent attack.

Pitches have generally become flat nowadays. Unless you mostly play in SA, Eng or Aus, you can't average below 25. Even Anderson and Broad average 30.

[rkt.india]

"Imagine being able to bowl that ball just once in your life," ESPN Cricinfo's Jarrod Kimber remarked on Twitter. "That ball" he was referring to was one from Varun Aaron that dismissed Moeen Ali on Day 2 of the fourth Test between England and India at Old Trafford. "That ball" was one delivered from around the wicket, one that started wide before viciously swinging into the left-hander, one that seemed like a heat-seeking missile as it ripped through Moeen's defence to crash into his off-stump at blistering pace prior to lunch in a gloomy Manchester. As the Englishman trudged his way back to the dressing room, perhaps pondering if he'd just received the ball of the summer, the Indian speedster's figures read: 13.2 overs, three-for-40 and one battered stump. "Where's this fella been hiding?" quickly became the query ringing around the stands at Old Trafford. On February 26 this year in a one-day international against Bangladesh in the Asia Cup, Aaron did something extremely rare for a Indian paceman: touch 150 kph. Clocked at 93.2 mph (149.99 kph), the 24-year-old made his ghastly figures of 1-74 from less than eight overs simply redundant with one unusually brisk delivery. Speed, after all, is the new (rediscovered) currency of seam bowling, thanks largely to Mitchell Johnson's savagery against England and South Africa. Thus, when a bowler—particularly a relatively fresh-faced one—claims a wicket with sheer pace, it becomes instantly significant. Like some kind of mark-this-date-on-the-calendar moment, as though it signals the emergence of new star. But it hasn't often worked like that for India. As recently as 2006, a strongly built seamer named Munaf Patel made his debut, hyped as the fastest speedster to emerge from the subcontinent in years. Sachin Tendulkar had even taken a special interest in Patel. In his maiden outing against England in Mohali, the right-armer claimed match figures of 7-97, the best performance in history by an Indian seamer playing his first Test. Then the inevitable struck. After a bright opening to his career, Patel's action and confidence fell apart as quickly as his fragile body, seeing his pace vanish. On the lifeless Indian pitches, he attempted to reinvent himself as a reliable (slow) back-up option. He played his last Test in 2011 and finished with a career average nearing 40. Little more than a year after Patel's debut, Ishant Sharma—replacing the aforementioned seamer—stepped into the Test arena for India, possessing pace that was as notable as his hair. Also one to touch 150 kph—doing so while tormenting the great Ricky Ponting—Ishant was supposedly the "next best thing in Indian cricket," according to Steve Waugh. He bowled a spell in Perth that went into Indian mythology. Still only 25, he now bowls in the mid-130s and owns a Test average, like Patel, nearing 40. Before both Ishant and Patel, it was Irfan Pathan who excited those associated with India. On debut against Australia, the left-armer's combination of reverse swing and sharp pace had observers whispering that he was the brightest seam-bowling prospect to emerge from the subcontinent in years. Sound familiar? Pathan's Test career spanned just five years, ending in 2008 after averaging almost 50 across his last seven appearances. And therein lies the problem for Aaron: Being a truly fast-bowler from India is a way to wind up being a punchline to a joke. Even those who have done it well (Javagal Srinath) have been worn down by expectation and barren strips of turf, reducing precocious fast bowling to something far more mundane. "Imagine being able to bowl that ball just once in your life." Aaron just did. But he might not do it twice.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2156877-can-india-stop-varun-aarons-talent-as-a-fast-bowler-going-to-waste

[express bowling]

Pathan was just medium pace. Not even fast-medium. To include him in the above list to prove a point makes no sense . Who wrote this article ?

[rkt.india]

Pathan was just medium pace. Not even fast-medium. To include him in the above list to prove a point makes no sense . Who wrote this article ?

Tim Collins

[Brainfade]

Good to see the ball rip off the pitch like that! Hope he stays healthy, that is all.

[FischerTal]

if he becomes a bit more accurate, he will do wonders for his team. he's certainly more committed than many of our rockstars who take their place for granted

[King Tendulkar]

Who'll be wicket keeping against them?

:giggle:

[Old guy]

if he becomes a bit more accurate' date=' he will do wonders for his team. he's certainly more committed than many of our rockstars who take their place for granted[/quote'] Yep just little more accuracy and he will do wonders because his pace is constantly quick

[ShebbySB]

BK,Aaron,Umesh,Ishant,Shami we should play these 5 in tests,rotate them & possibly have a potent attack in the future.

[AmreekanDesi]

Yadav is better

[Midfielder]

BK,Aaron,Umesh,Ishant,Shami we should play these 5 in tests,rotate them & possibly have a potent attack in the future.

They will never rotate.