All these new fast bowlers are from North India. The next five are also from North - Parvinder Awana, Bhivneshwar Kumar, Baljit Singh Dhanda, Anureet Singh, and Pankaj Singh.
This proves that North India has produced more fast bowlers. In the past Madanlal, Kapildev, Yograj Singh, Monoj Prabhakar, Chetan Sharma, and many other Indian medium fast bowlers came from the North India.
Then why did BCCI not set the Lillie's fast Bowling Academy in Punjab, Delhi, or Haryana? After so many years, the academy has not produced a single fast bowler at international standards.
All these new bowlers are natural athletes and not doctored in a coach's clinic. I hope BCCI learns from its mistakes and grooms fast bowlers in Punjab and Haryana. If Pakistani Punjabis can produce Imran, Shoab, Waqar, and Wasim Akram, so can we in India. But BCCI needs to stop this regional bias.
Re: Re: What did Lillie's Academy do?
by Arv Singh on Dec 08, 2012 08:05 AM
Just stating the fact that if BCCI had setup the Dennis Lillie Academy and trained some young lads from Punjab and Haryana, we might have some real fast bowlers in India. All these guys are raw talent and need professional coaching to groom them to the international level.
