http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Anderson-Montgomery-Everton-Roberts-c44213 surprised by Indian bowlers’ habit of losing pace with time
The legendary West Indian pacer, Andy Roberts, has stated that he is shocked to see Indian fast bowlers losing their speed with passage of time.
Roberts described that the Indians have a tradition of making a promising start to their international career and subsequently cutting their pace down little by little.
Referring to Munaf Patel’s case, Robert said, "When http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MM-Patel-c1987 came here in 2006, he had some pace. Now he is spinning the ball. "You have to remember this happens only once they make it to international stage. May be they are better off without these coaches.
"These coaches turn you into line-and-length bowler. Not what you naturally are. These boys then lose their ability."
It is considered that the Indians are still unable to produce a genuine fast bowler who can knock the stumps cleanly out of the wicket. The list of most successful fast bowlers ever in Indian cricket history includes http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Javagal-Srinath-c66513, Venkatesh
Prasad and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Z-Khan-c98379 who are medium-pacers.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/P-Kumar-c2143 and Zaheer Khan are most recent examples of the phenomenon that the Indian bowlers do lose their pace gradually.
A tough international scheduled is widely acknowledged as one of prime reason behind the Indian pacers’ practice of losing speed slowly but surely. In the history of One Day International (ODI) cricket, the Men in Blue has played 777 matches since 1974,
the most number of games by any team at international level.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SW-Tait-c2616, who are still bowling at the same pace at which they started their career.
When asked that what a bowler needs to do to generate pace, the 60-year-old former fast bowler shared, "To bowl fast, either you have a lot of strength to bowl fast even with a swift run-up or you steam in."
Meanwhile, he dismissed the notion that a tough schedule has been affecting fast bowlers’ fitness, saying that the bowlers mostly play limited-over cricket which does not make any severe impact on their speed.
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