Bishan Bedi suspects http://www.senore.com/Cricket/PP-Ojha-c2198’s bowling action and talks about the travails of spin bowling - Cricket News Update
Former Indian great, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bishan-Singh-Bedi-c48133, who is known for his outspoken views surprised everyone when he said that rising Indian left-arm off-spinner Pragyan Ojha has a suspect action.
Bedi made these comments while talking on the future of spin bowling in an award ceremony at the Cricket Association of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bengal-c771 (ACB).
"I'm not a great fan of Ojha...that's because of his suspect action. That's how bluntly I can put it," Bedi remarked.
Ojha is currently touring http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747.
The Indian legend in the past had also made similar comments for other bowlers as he remained a long time critic of Sri Lankan legend http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Saeed-Ajmal-c87859 a chucker.
The former spin wizard, who is among the game’s greatest left-arm spinners, however, I was impressed with the spin talent of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/R-Ashwin-c2228 and wants him to do well at the Test level. "He is a very intelligent spinner...But he needs to prove his worth
in Test cricket," Bedi said.
The 65-year-old was http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Anil-Kumble-c44737 surpassed his record of 266 wickets (at 28.71) in 67 Tests. The former Indian captain believes that there are very few quality bowlers left at the international level due to conditions that increasingly
favour the batsmen.
"Nowadays what is happening is that the spinners are bowling faster and the pacers are slowing down...I think that there is a huge dearth of spinners in the world," the former India coach said.
The former great further added that the art of spin bowling is further diminished due to the introduction different variations, which is mainly due to the batting friendly pitches. He also blamed league cricket as a reason for the decline of bowling standards
in modern cricket.
"I know that cricket is primarily a batsman's game, but it is the bowlers who win you matches. So you need to prepare wickets which help both the batsman and the bowler," he said.
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