Gavaskar praises Zaheer Khan and Umesh Yadav – Cricket News Update
Having helped their team dismantle England in the first Test of the four-match series at Ahmedabad, Zaheer Khan and Umesh Yadav, have earned praise from the former http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sunil-Manohar-Gavaskar-c91863, who believes that the duo out-bowled their
English counterparts.
The home side looked a far superior team than the Poms in all departments of the game as they defeated http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AN-Cook-c1026 and company by a handsome margin of nine wickets in the first Test to go 1-0 up in the series. This is India’s step towards avenging their
last year’s whitewash at the hands of England, which dethroned them from ICC’s number one Test ranking.
The England fast bowlers, who have been doing exceedingly well all around the world over the last five years, struggled to deliver the goods in the Ahmedabad Test and could only manage to pick up one wicket in the whole match, with the rest of the scalps
being grabbed by the spinners.
On the other side of the coin, the home team’s pacers contributed towards their team’s cause and ably supported their spinners, with the duo picking up seven wickets in the match.
Gavaskar feels that the Indian speedster bowled much fuller as compared to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JM-Anderson-c1705 and company, which was the reason behind their success on a flat batting deck.
“Zaheer and Umesh were bowling a much fuller length while the English bowlers were bowling just short of length than they are used to in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 or on Australian surfaces. You got to get the batsman committed on the front-foot, committed into playing attacking
shots. That is where you can get wickets,” said the former captain.
The legendary cricketer further added that the visitors are not used to bowling with the locally manufactured cricket balls, which is one of the reasons behind their dismal performance in the series opener.
The cricketer-turned-commentator mentioned, “England bowlers are perhaps not used to bowling with the SG ball and that is one of the reasons they were not able to get the contrast swing which http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Z-Khan-c98379 were able to get.”
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