Deodhar Trophy

[Debutant]

Also Bhuvi is 25 year old now. His body is matured. Bhuvi at the age of 20 used to bowl 125k. He gained pace as he grew older. If Nathu stays fit and gets stronger, he will gain at least 10k of pace by the time he is 24.

Unfortunately Indian bowlers slow down after the initial burst. 

[rkt.india]

Unfortunately Indian bowlers slow down after the initial burst. 

Not really. They only slow down once they play international cricket. Look at BK, he gained pace. There are several bowlers in domestic who gained pace when they grew. Navdeep Saini, Ankit Rajpoot, Dhawal Kulkarni was 115-125 bowler when he debuted at 19-20 years of age.  Umesh Yadav and Aaron were same pace of Nathu at 20 years of age. Umesh Yadav's fastest ball in his first Duleep Trophy game was 141K.

[express bowling]

Yes, all below and around 140. Even Bhuvi bowls at that pace now a days.

Yes, all below and around 140. Even Bhuvi bowls at that pace now a days.

Bhuvi is much older than Nathu whose body has not matured yet.

Nathu is a different type of bowler than Bhuvi...hits the deck hard when required and gets bounce. Bhuvi is a skiddy bowler who often just floats the ball.

[Debutant]

That was plumb against Vijay. Lucky.

[Debutant]

Not really. They only slow down once they play international cricket. Look at BK, he gained pace. There are several bowlers in domestic who gained pace when they grew. Navdeep Saini, Ankit Rajpoot, Dhawal Kulkarni was 115-125 bowler when he debuted at 19-20 years of age.  Umesh Yadav and Aaron were same pace of Nathu at 20 years of age. Umesh Yadav's fastest ball in his first Duleep Trophy game was 141K.

Lets hope he works hard and becomes a good bowler for India. If he can emulate even what Zaheer did in his later part of the career, then it would be great for us. 

[express bowling]

Not really. They only slow down once they play international cricket. Look at BK, he gained pace. There are several bowlers in domestic who gained pace when they grew. Navdeep Saini, Ankit Rajpoot, Dhawal Kulkarni was 115-125 bowler when he debuted at 19-20 years of age.  Umesh Yadav and Aaron were same pace of Nathu at 20 years of age. Umesh Yadav's fastest ball in his first Duleep Trophy game was 141K.

Yes. I remember that.

135 k to 141 k at the age of 20 for an Indian pacer is quite good. He has bounce too.

 

[express bowling]

Unfortunately Indian bowlers slow down after the initial burst. 

We have seen Aaron, Umesh and Shami retain the pace they started their international career with.

Ishant increased his pace after playing internationals, lost a bit of it and is back to his full pace now.

Srinath increased his pace after a couple of years in international cricket.

 

We have actually seen many many pacers from other countries lose pace too.

Finn was bowling 140 k to 150 k one season and now bowls 132 k to 142 k mostly. Broad has lost quite a bit of pace too. So has Siddle, Junaid Khan etc. to name a few.

In the past we have seen the same with Lillee, Gillespie, Ntini, Pollock, Marshall, Bishop, Walsh, Waqar etc. who all lost pace even before reaching 30.

[rkt.india]

Lets hope he works hard and becomes a good bowler for India. If he can emulate even what Zaheer did in his later part of the career, then it would be great for us. 

he has not been singled becasue of just but because he has hit 145 KPH at the age of 20,not many bowlers have done that. Mitchell Starc on his debut in 2010 at the age of 21 was bowling at similar pace and I saw Brett Lee too at 21 bowling to teve Waugh looked the same pace.

here is the video.

 

[express bowling]

Good yorker

That  spot on yorker that Nathu bowled when free hit was called is a very good sign.

[CoverDrive]

Nathu gets Vijay. Not a very good innings. 

[rkt.india]

Nathu gets Vijay. Not a very good innings. 

I think it was a good innings considering the morning conditions. It wasnt a flat patta.

[express bowling]

Nathu bowls an over at 133 k to 139 k.

Gets Vijay.

Bowls a sizzlling bouncer and 2 good yorkers.

He is bowling quite accurately and trying to bowl to a plan.

 

[express bowling]

Dhawal 5th over 127, 131, 129, 131, 128, 134

Binny is bowling 115 to 120 k

Both their speeds are clearly lesser than they bowl in internationals.

[Mosher]

Great catch by Iyer at the boundary line. 

[express bowling]

Great catch by Iyer at the boundary line. 

Very smartly done. He threw the ball back in the field and caught it.

[tweaker]

Kedhar Jadhav is certainly a class act.He certainly deserves to be selected over Gurukeerat, Rayuddu etc

Jadhav 2,2,6,4 of NathuSingh

[tweaker]

Thakur gone, Kulkarni strikes

[Mosher]

Kedhar Jadhav is certainly a class act.He certainly deserves to be selected over Gurukeerat, Rayuddu etc

Jadhav 2,2,6,4 of NathuSingh

I don't think he plays the short ball well. He was smashing the ball when Nathu pitched it up, but when Nathu bowled the bouncer he didn't look comfortable at all when playing it.

[rkt.india]

that 6 of a low full toss, didnt get the yorker right

 

[rkt.india]

i dont understand why bowlers dont have mid on and mid off back when trying to bowl yorkers.

Edited January 29, 2016 by rkt.india