Varun is bang on target from day 1 Still wrong footwork with brit.fast bowling.A lot of work still there to improve for very tallented Indian players even Gambhir. A coach for fast bowling can pay dividend.
Well the recent arrivals of pace bowlers did not appear favorable with only Zaheer and Munaf capable of bowling at an eco rate of 5 or below in the sub-continent.
Ishant and Sreesanth had pace but were pushed out in the Test matches. Varun on the other hand can lift the India team in ODIs in the sub-continent. Nehra and the rest have not been able to uplift the Indian attack and need for fast bowlers and openers was required.
We don't expect Varun to fizzle out the way others did, since he has shown consistency as well as craftyness that Zaheer showed.
The WI tour and the last SA tours were good opportunities for the selectors, but Yadav who bowls better in the longer versions had to sit out for Unankant.
We remember similar wait for Gambhir and Rahane now which cost India in the recent England tour. Had Yadav, Varun and Rahane groomed in SA and WI they would have been ready for the England series ahead of time.
The selectors do it backwards, batting averages of 42 are considered ahead of Rahane's average of 69.11 in the name of technique and temperament.
Yadav and Varun had similar issues. Dibly-dobly, wibley-wobly military medium was considered ahead of genuine pace. Why?
Looking at his body structure, it doesn't look like he is made for fast bowling. he is young, just 21, with lots of aggression. I really question whether can he sustain this in next 4-5 yrs?
Everyone comes with a big bang and fizzle out in 2-3 yrs.
It doesn't matter whether he is bowling 95 MPH when he is at 25 yrs (4 yrs from now), the trick is can he keep taking wickets consistently.
Unlike batting, bowling is a pretty tricky and difficult skill. But, it is lot less rewarding compared to batting.
In bowling you need to pay attention to lot of details such as consistently taking wickets, keeping fit to make sure you can bowl enough overs a day, make sure you can play at least 60-80 tests, 400-500 ODIs. In a life span of a bowler (Specially fast bowler), if he can get to this milestone, then it is considered a major achievement. Very few people in the world has done. If you do this, you will automatically get recognized. You don't need to work hard to make your name as a bowler, you really need to work hard to achieve the above goal.
This is why it is so difficult to be a bowler. You have to keep reinventing yourself all the time.
Batsman's life on the other hand is simple. Its usually its because of batsman's own mistakes they become extinct otherwise, there isn't such thing in cricket called as unforced errors, there is only few cases when we have heard ball is UNPLAYABLE. Otherwise, it is usually a bad shot, bad decision, some avoidable circumstance
Looking at his body structure, it doesn't look like he is made for fast bowling. he is young, just 21, with lots of aggression. I really question whether can he sustain this in next 4-5 yrs?
Everyone comes with a big bang and fizzle out in 2-3 yrs.
It doesn't matter whether he is bowling 95 MPH when he is at 25 yrs (4 yrs from now), the trick is can he keep taking wickets consistently.
Unlike batting, bowling is a pretty tricky and difficult skill. But, it is lot less rewarding compared to batting.
In bowling you need to pay attention to lot of details such as consistently taking wickets, keeping fit to make sure you can bowl enough overs a day, make sure you can play at least 60-80 tests, 400-500 ODIs. In a life span of a bowler (Specially fast bowler), if he can get to this milestone, then it is considered a major achievement. Very few people in the world has done. If you do this, you will automatically get recognized. You don't need to work hard to make your name as a bowler, you really need to work hard to achieve the above goal.
This is why it is so difficult to be a bowler. You have to keep reinventing yourself all the time.
Batsman's life on the other hand is simple. Its usually its because of batsman's own mistakes they become extinct otherwise, there isn't such thing in cricket called as unforced errors, there is only few cases when we have heard ball is UNPLAYABLE. Otherwise, it is usually a bad shot, bad decision, some avoidable circumstance
Looking at his body structure, it doesn't look like he is made for fast bowling. he is young, just 21, with lots of aggression. I really question whether can he sustain this in next 4-5 yrs?
Everyone comes with a big bang and fizzle out in 2-3 yrs.
It doesn't matter whether he is bowling 95 MPH when he is at 25 yrs (4 yrs from now), the trick is can he keep taking wickets consistently.
Unlike batting, bowling is a pretty tricky and difficult skill. But, it is lot less rewarding compared to batting.
In bowling you need to pay attention to lot of details such as consistently taking wickets, keeping fit to make sure you can bowl enough overs a day, make sure you can play at least 60-80 tests, 400-500 ODIs. In a life span of a bowler (Specially fast bowler), if he can get to this milestone, then it is considered a major achievement. Very few people in the world has done. If you do this, you will automatically get recognized. You don't need to work hard to make your name as a bowler, you really need to work hard to achieve the above goal.
This is why it is so difficult to be a bowler. You have to keep reinventing yourself all the time.
Batsman's life on the other hand is simple. Its usually its because of batsman's own mistakes they become extinct otherwise, there isn't such thing in cricket called as unforced errors, there is only few cases when we have heard ball is UNPLAYABLE. Otherwise, it is usually a bad shot, bad decision, some avoidable circumstance
wonder when will jackass like experts will brainwash him to cut down on pace and concentrate on l&l stuff...we dont want another munaf patel or irfan pathan...we need a tearaway quickie to thump the batsmen if not take wickets...at this pace even slightly misdirected yorkers would also fetch him wickets like it hapnd yestrday
Aaron is a real potential and has a great future. But under Dhoni it is doubtful how far he will develop and last. Dhoni has a very poor record of grooming talents - name anyone if you know
Re: Dhoni will ensure he doesn't go to far
by mahesh on Oct 24, 2011 12:37 PM
yes yeterday you sam aaron has given 1 four in his over dhoni came to him said something its too much....
Re: keep him away from coaches
by SHASHANGKA BORUAH on Oct 25, 2011 08:32 PM
Yes, you are right. Even bowler like Shoaib Akhtar did not have very good line and length, but he was the most feared bowler in his time.
They will tell him focus on line , action, rythm,right areas, run up , conserve energy, etc and the end result he will join the bunch of medicre trundlers like venkatesh prasad, srinath, praveen kumar, munaf patel, vinay kumar etc etc etc
