New ball bowling has become a serious headache for India of late

By , November 30, 2015 2:10 pm

The new ball bowling has become a serious headache for India of late.

In the three One Day Internationals against South Africa so far, the fast bowlers have proved to be unable to provide a single breakthrough to the team in the first power play and MS Dhoni, the Indian captain, has had to turn to the spinners who, in comparison, have bowled much better.

The Indian quicks have actually not hit the length that’s needed to get the new white Kookaburra swing in the air. They have been on the shorter side instead making it easy for the batsman to chip away.

Somebody like Bhuvneshwar Kumar, whose strength has always been the swing bowling, has also relied mostly on banging the ball in.

India’s problem is that they don’t have too many options at the moment.

Mohammad Shami, their premier bowler in the World Cup, has been nursing Knee injury for a few months and he is not a possibility to return to action at any point of time in the South Africa series.

And, there is no youngster in the domestic circuit either who is going great guns with his fast bowling.

So, the team management is forced to stick with the names they have got at their disposal currently and to continue backing them.

But, if the fast bowlers don’t improve their performances in the remaining two games, the score line of the series, which is currently 2-1 in South Africa’s favour, might turn to 4-1 as well.

The South Africa fast bowlers have been impeccable in terms of their areas and not only have they made the new ball move in the air, they have managed to reverse swing the ball as well when it has got older.

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