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Indian bowlers have learnt nothing from their overseas experiences: Sunil Gavaskar


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Boobs and praveen kumar bowled good lengths in England, but they are innocuous in non swinging conditions due to lack of bounce or pace. 120kmph even on good lengths is utter tripe. asif use to seam the ball off the pitch at 125-130. also he was tall. his only weakness was lack of pace. swing, seam, accuracy all boxes ticked i hear holding told the indian bowlers to learn the art of seam bowling which should be plan-B in non swinging conditions. i really admire anderson because he can reverse swing with all 3 - dukes, kookkaburra and SG thats smtg shami has to learn.

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Boobs and praveen kumar bowled good lengths in England, but they are innocuous in non swinging conditions due to lack of bounce or pace. 120kmph even on good lengths is utter tripe. asif use to seam the ball off the pitch at 125-130. also he was tall. his only weakness was lack of pace. swing, seam, accuracy all boxes ticked i hear holding told the indian bowlers to learn the art of seam bowling which should be plan-B in non swinging conditions. i really admire anderson because he can reverse swing with all 3 - dukes, kookkaburra and SG thats smtg shami has to learn.
Asif was tall too.
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Boobs and praveen kumar bowled good lengths in England, but they are innocuous in non swinging conditions due to lack of bounce or pace. 120kmph even on good lengths is utter tripe. asif use to seam the ball off the pitch at 125-130. also he was tall. his only weakness was lack of pace. swing, seam, accuracy all boxes ticked i hear holding told the indian bowlers to learn the art of seam bowling which should be plan-B in non swinging conditions. i really admire anderson because he can reverse swing with all 3 - dukes, kookkaburra and SG thats smtg shami has to learn.
Praveen bowled well in Australia CB series too. He got prodigious bounce due to his action.
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There are so many people who seem to miss the steep bounce that McGrath got from good length. He also got seam movement. These two aspects helped McGrath as much as his accuracy did. A short pacer bowling accurately at 125 k, without much movement , won't really have the same effect.

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There are so many people who seem to miss the steep bounce that McGrath got from good length. He also got seam movement. These two aspects helped McGrath as much as his accuracy did. A short pacer bowling accurately at 125 k, without much movement , won't really have the same effect.
We have to get rid of all the mdigets. Umesh, Bhuvan, Shami, Aaron and include guys like Pankaj,MS Gony.
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We have to get rid of all the mdigets. Umesh' date=' Bhuvan, Shami, Aaron and include guys like Pankaj,MS Gony.[/quote'] We cant call Umesh, Aaron, BK midgets for their height. Shami is quite short but the other guys are OK. Yes most of us are 6 feet these days but 5-10/11 does not fall in the midget category. Dale Steyn is 1.79 viz is like 5-10/11.
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There is lot of truth and frustration in what Gavaskar is saying. And I feel for him. Someone who played cricket for India for a long long time and was a master at what he did, it's fine to vent your frustration on how the same team he played for, hasn't learned a thing or got better in certain department. Kudos to him for saying it out loud. It's fine to blow a horn on this thing. Our bowlers deserve this.

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We have to get rid of all the mdigets. Umesh' date=' Bhuvan, Shami, Aaron and include guys like Pankaj,MS Gony.[/quote'] If you are short around 5'10", you need to have pace and decent accuracy.
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We cant call Umesh' date=' Aaron, BK midgets for their height. Shami is quite short but the other guys are OK. Yes most of us are 6 feet these days but 5-10/11 does not fall in the midget category. Dale Steyn is 1.79 viz is like 5-10/11.[/quote'] If you are expecting steepling natural bounce you need to be over 6 feet atleast 2 or 3 inches. Marshall was considered to be a short bowler even in that era. He was around 5'10".
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If you are short around 5'10"' date=' [b']you need to have pace and decent accuracy.
Which they don't have. Mohammad Aamer even at an age of 20 had more accuracy than lot of our bowlers at 25 to 27.
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If you are expecting steepling natural bounce you need to be over 6 feet atleast 2 or 3 inches. Marshall was considered to be a short bowler even in that era. He was around 5'10".
Obviously the taller you are the better. But you also need to have other elements in addition to that height. A 6 3' bowler bowling at 125k is not going to be that effective.
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Obviously the taller you are the better. But you also need to have other elements in addition to that height. A 6 3' bowler bowling at 125k is not going to be that effective.
Our shorter bowlers lack everything except pace or bit of swing.
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If you are expecting steepling natural bounce you need to be over 6 feet atleast 2 or 3 inches. Marshall was considered to be a short bowler even in that era. He was around 5'10".
Yes, atleast 6'2" pacers with high arm action are needed for steep bounce. We need a couple of accurate tall pacers with steep bounce and atleast 135 k pace. Ishant is one ( starting from the England tour ).
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Our shorter bowlers lack everything except pace or bit of swing.
Lets hope for someone like Morne Morkel to emerge in the Domestic circuit which seems almost improbable ATM. The tall bowlers that we have seem to lack everything except some extra inches of height.
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Gavaskar band bajana is good.Mark my words. India will get knocked out due to these losers Bhuvi , Shami, Yadav, Binny not picking wickets or early wickets and leaking lots of runs in helpful bowling conditions.

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He is the best. With all the raw pace of Brett Lee' date=' Thomson, Akhtar, Lille etc. they all could never really became a McGrath.[/quote'] If you generate that much pace and running from that kind of distance, there is no way you can be as accurate as McGrath..

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