Swing Bowling: People might not agree but Sachin is one of the best swing bowlers in the India at the moment. I am talking bout the talent of swing bowling. He can bowl inswing,outswing,seamers,slower ones, you name it he has it in his armoury. He has perfect wrist position for in swing and outswing. His seam stay dead still when he releases the ball and he likes to keep the ball full when he bowls the swingers. It is only that he is small in physique thats why his swing bowling is not that effective. So Sachin could have been a very dangerous swing bowler had he got the physique of Lee or Bond. So thats second talent apart from batting he posseses.
The bolded ones are true..
I am not sure whether max_dillon has written this after seeing one of the videos of a test match where,
Ravi Shastri or Boycott(some commentator) did this comparison in one of the test matches where he tried inswing and outswing in consecutive deliveries. The commentators had a quite long discussion as they were surprised of Sachin's perfect seam position which Indian fast bowlers did not produce in that test match.
I think, it was a test vs WestIndies.. I am not sure.. but I remember very well that they indeed compared Sachin with other bowlers swing position and said, " Bowlers should get a tip from this man! ". Apart from this one single match, I don't remember Sachin trying for a perfect swing ..
Regarding bowling of Sachin,
Well, the main + point in his bowling is, Sachin enjoys when he delivers to the batsman and thinks(may be 'used to think' an appropriate word) too cunning while bowling. One can never deny that he had bowled many many crucial overs.
This is the best crucial over which I can't forget in my life,
Then a series of accidents left them to get six from the last over with one wicket standing. Tendulkar brought himself on and appealed for lbw first ball; he did not get it, but wicket-keeper Mongia ran out Hogg as he tried to steal a leg-bye.
Match : India vs Australia, titan cup
Source :-
Wisden - 1998 - INDIA v AUSTRALIA
RESULT : India Qualified for finals instead of Australia
The thing is, " Sachin enjoys bowling " is the term I prefer than calling him as " Best bowler ". If you say him as best bowler, eventhough I am deep hearted Sachin fan, I would say, " No and no! ". He is gifted may be by birth and you can't expect him to be GOD to do all the impossible things.
If he had concentrated on his bowling(rather than enjoying), who knows, he would have lost concentration in batting and may be, he would have been reverese ofPathan i.e, batting getting rusted while trying to concentrate on bowling!
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