Former India bowler Rudra Pratap Singh on Thursday heaped reward on the veteran pacer and attributed his success to his capability to stay to his energy in all conditions.
“The most special part is that Shami sticks to his strengths; his job is to bowl slightly outside the off-stump and let the ball do the rest. He introduces his skills first then looks for the batter’s weaknesses,” stated Singh in an interplay organised by Jio Cinema.
Singh additionally stated that with expertise Shami is ready to formulate plans in opposition to a batter by simply taking a look at his backlift.
“When you are an experienced bowler, you know how the pitch would behave and what kind of batter is on the other end. You discuss a lot in the team meetings and in the excel sheets and powerpoints, but an experienced bowler can even formulate his plans looking at the batter’s bat-lift,” Singh added.
Siraj can lead India’s assault after Bumrah and Shami
Mohammed Siraj is one other bowler who appears to get higher with each sport. “Siraj seems to have worked out in a few areas, with fitness being a major part. If you look at the technical part of his bowling, he has worked on his wrist positions and follow-through which has helped him in finding better bounce off the pitch.
“He can definitely be a superb alternative for (Jasprit) Bumrah and if his graph retains transferring increased, then he will also be the following Mohammad Shami,” he said.
The left-arm pacer said India’s T20 specialists Arshdeep Singh will need to stick to his swing whereas Umran Malik needs to add more variations to his arsenal.
“Sometimes your administration or the captain doesn’t let you do what you need to do. It was shocking to see Arshdeep getting wickets off the quick ball; he’s basically a swing bowler.
“Trying new things is good, but in crunch situations, you cannot try too many new things — you should stick to your guns.
“Arshdeep is understood for his swing, he can communicate to his administration that swing bowling is his energy and he must be allowed to keep it up.”
Singh additionally questioned the way in which SRH is utilizing Umran Malik.
“The means SRH have used Umran Malik is definitely debatable, however as a bowler it’s important to win the belief of the captain and the administration that you’re contributing.
“There is no doubt that he has got the speed, which is special, but he has to improve his skills. Dale Steyn had the speed with swing, but Umran’s skills in swinging the ball needs work.”
Singh additionally feels that CSK will expertise one other turbulent interval as soon as MS Dhoni steps apart. “No one knows better than (MS) Dhoni, on how to use limited resources and to get performances out of them.
“There have been a number of damage considerations however Dhoni nonetheless maintained the sources due to his data of the sport in addition to the technical facets. We noticed final 12 months what transpired when Dhoni had stepped apart. It will likely be tough for CSK (after Dhoni’s IPL retirement), the way in which MS has managed CSK is totally different.”
(With inputs from PTI)
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com