White ball favours batsmen on flat subcontinent pitches, feels http://www.senore.com/Cricket/P-Kumar-c2143 – Cricket News Update
Indian pace bowler, Praveen Kumar feels that the white Kookaburra ball favours the batsmen on the flat sub-continental wickets. Kumar’s opinion has come after he struggled to make an impact during the last month’s quadrangular Asia
Cup tournament, hosted by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747.
Speaking to media reporters on Tuesday, the 25-year-old http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Uttar-Pradesh-c858 medium-pacer said that bowling with the white Kookaburra ball on flat pitches is a problem, as it favours the batsmen right from the start of the match.
"There is a problem with the white ball on the flat subcontinent wickets...both the new balls are an advantage to the batsmen," said Praveen during a media encounter in New http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Delhi-c780.
"First 10-15 overs it is good for the batsmen as the ball comes onto the bat nicely, so there is a problem on subcontinent wickets with the white ball," he added further.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 failed to defend their Asia Cup title and they were knocked out of the tournament in the league stage, after falling to a surprise defeat at the hands of Bangladesh. Although the Men in Blue have a formidable batting line up, which includes the likes
of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MS-Dhoni-c2028, their bowling has been a major let down of late.
They endured back to back Test series whitewashes at the hands of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746, and the prime cause for these defeats was the miserable bowling performances. Kumar however, defended his Indian counterparts by saying that it was a collective failure.
"Our bowlers did well in England and Australia,” insisted the Meerut lad. “We performed well on both the tours, its just that in some matches we didn't click as a unit. Some (practice) matches were washed off because of rain. As a team we gave our 100 per
cent," he added further.
The 25-year-old right-arm medium pacer sustained chest trauma during the latter stages of the 2011 season, which sidelined him for the disastrous tour of Australia. He has claimed that he has fully recovered from the injury and is all set to lead the attack
for Kings XI http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Punjab-c833 in the latest edition of Indian Premier League, starting in Chennai today.
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