What ails Ishant Sharma
May 5th 2010 21:41
Having seen Ishant for quite some time now, I have a pet theory.
Somebody has told him that there are two kinds of bowlers - ones who create wickets for others to take and ones who take them, reap the rewards so to speak. With his potent in-dipping deliveries and awkward bounce allied nippy pace he belonged to the former group originally. Halfway into his fledgling career the leg cutter started making an appearance. Thereafter there was this mysterious loss of pace. And guess what - Ishant no longer had that nip back into the right hander which left Ponting red in the face and frothing at the mouth because the ball had for the nth time passed between the bat and his body, shaving nothing but air.
One can only be what one is built to be. Ishant is another Srinath or another Flintoff. They are pressure creators. And a team needs all kinds of performers. He just needs to get his in-dipper in place and at pace. The rest will follow. His newly learned leg cutter should be a surprise weapon - sort of like a coup de grace. Not one to be used every other ball by any means.
Somebody has told him that there are two kinds of bowlers - ones who create wickets for others to take and ones who take them, reap the rewards so to speak. With his potent in-dipping deliveries and awkward bounce allied nippy pace he belonged to the former group originally. Halfway into his fledgling career the leg cutter started making an appearance. Thereafter there was this mysterious loss of pace. And guess what - Ishant no longer had that nip back into the right hander which left Ponting red in the face and frothing at the mouth because the ball had for the nth time passed between the bat and his body, shaving nothing but air.
One can only be what one is built to be. Ishant is another Srinath or another Flintoff. They are pressure creators. And a team needs all kinds of performers. He just needs to get his in-dipper in place and at pace. The rest will follow. His newly learned leg cutter should be a surprise weapon - sort of like a coup de grace. Not one to be used every other ball by any means.
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