Dravid: Bowling cupboard in Ranji not well stocked

[MK55]

It was in 2011' date=' the first time, he started hitting very quick speeds. Before that, he was mainly in 130-140 bracket.[/quote'] Ya but probably in the lower 140s. Anyways even if it was 2011, it was just 1-1.5 years of his debut. Its not that we can say with surety that his pace was significantly low before and that it had dramatically increased. He probably was around 140 mark even before. An increase from say 140 to 145 at the international level is quite possible.

[rkt.india]

Ya but probably in the lower 140s. Anyways even if it was 2011' date=' it was just 1-1.5 years of his debut. Its not that we can say with surety that his pace was significantly low before and that it had dramatically increased. He probably was around 140 mark even before. An increase from say 140 to 145 at the international level is quite possible.[/quote'] No, he wasnt. Had seen him in 2008 U19 WC too. Stuart Broad is another example. Around 2007 he was barely hitting 135K but later bowled up to 150K.

[express bowling]

Ya but probably in the lower 140s. Anyways even if it was 2011' date=' it was just 1-1.5 years of his debut. Its not that we can say with surety that his pace was significantly low before and that it had dramatically increased. He probably was around 140 mark even before. An increase from say 140 to 145 at the international level is quite possible.[/quote'] No...he was 130 to 140 k in 2010. He did not bowl in the early 140s then. In 2011 he increased it significantly.

[MK55]

No...he was 130 to 140 k in 2010. He did not bowl in the early 140s then. In 2011 he increased it significantly.

Ya but one year is too small a sample size to make any reliable conclusions of his usual bowling speeds prior to the 2011 series during which he had clocked 90+miles. He only made his ODI debut in 2011. Broad too was hitting 87-90 miles in 2008 although he might started at say 85-87. Obviously the pace that a bowler registers at say 15-17 years will never be his maximum speed that is possible in future. Its going to increase as he builds more strength. But once a bowler reaches say 21-23 I haven't seen many that have been able to increase their pace by 10k. Small increments may be possible as people get a chance to refine their action at the international level. I was making a comment about Aniket Chaudhari who's already 24 years of age. It his highly unlikely that he can increase his pace by 10-15k at this stage without major adjustments.