Facing the new ball is the toughest job in cricket, feels Gautam Gambhir – Cricket News Update
India’s prolific opening batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/G-Gambhir-c1447, has expressed that opening the batting is the most difficult job in cricket and expressed that facing the new ball needs immense mental toughness.
The left-handed batsman is considered to be one of the best opening batsmen in the present-day cricket and has been a brilliant performer for India over the years. Gambhir came through the domestic cricket in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 and scored huge runs for Delhi in first-class
matches.
The 30-year-old cricketer made his way to international cricket in 2003 and now he is a permanent member of the national team in all the three formats of the game. He already has more than nine thousand runs in international cricket and has equally good
records in the longer version of the sport as well as in limited overs cricket.
While talking about the trait of opening the innings, Gambhir expressed that an opener needs a completely different technique to that of a middle-order batsman. The left-handed batsman expressed that starting the innings in Test cricket can be an uphill
task against genuine fast bowlers. On top of that, the pitches usually assist the bowlers with the new ball in five-day matches.
“Temperament is the key and the temperament of openers is different to that of the middle-order batsmen. It’s difficult to express what one feels on facing the first ball in a Test match. You’re up against the new ball, up against quality fast bowlers. Also,
you aren’t sure how the wicket will behave. Being an opener is challenging and openers must be fighters,” Gambhir said.
There is a school of thought in the cricketing world that openers are usually God-gifted but Gambhir does not agree with that and revealed that he used to be a middle-order batsman at the start of his career, before converting into an opener. The left-handed
batsman is of the opinion that any good batsman can become an opener by working hard on his game.
“Of course openers can be made. My first three hundreds in the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Delhi-c780 expressed.
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