saisrini80 said:
Dont you think its time India seriously consider the option of a bowling coach? We are really weak in our bowling! The last time we had a bowling coach in Bruce Reid, our bowlers did really well in Australia and Pakistan in 2003-04. Why cant we consider it?
We have lots of competitions in India to select upcoming fast bowlers? But we are still not getting a genuinely quick fast bowler! Why is it so? I think they need to set the criteria for a much higher and consistent speed for the upcoming bowlers who are trying to make a breakthrough! They need to look for a bowler(s) who can consistently bowl it at 140-145kph! This is a serious concern! We cant win matches with this bowling attack! It puts a lot of pressure on the batsmen!
Good point about the bowling.
A problem for us is that we are so good while playing at home that all our bowling problems get hidden by the victories.
Almost 90% of the ocassions Kumble and Harbhajan rip through batting orders and win us test matches time and again with the SG Test balls.
Same can be said about Pakistan`s batting. Some of the batsmen who look nothing short of Bradmenesque at home,look very ordinary abroad.
One thing that I do notice about the current Indian bowlers is that they all started being genuinely quick.
Zaheer was around 150kmh when he began.
Pathan swung the ball at around 142kmh when he began.
R.P.Singh was clocked aroung 143kmh as recently as the last series .
If it happens with one bowler, we can ignore the fact but this seems to happen with every Indian pacemen .
R.P.Singh looked quick during the recent ODI series against SA and SRL but
he barely touched 130 this series.
I think someone in the team thinktank should make notice of this fact.
Otherwise , even if we bring in Sreesanth,VRV Singh or Munaf Patel who all bowl around 145kmph, something similar could happen with them and they could end up being medium fast bowlers.
Sreesanth consistently bowls at 140kmh and the team management must give the young bowlers full license to bowl fast.
They might spray it around a bit but it would not be worse than what it is now. They are spraying it around anyway.
Iam really amazed by how much pace RP.Singh has lost in a month`s time .
And he has`nt suffered from an injury as Irfan and Zaheer have.
If you remember the 2003 world cup, Zaheer and Nehra bowler at average speeds of 142kmh.
Nehra`s fastest ball was 149kmh.
Another thing, we are really missing Balaji who swung the ball at a pace of 135-140kmh.
Balaji was a huge factor in our 2004 series win in Pakistan.
