KP From India
Tape Ball Regular
- Joined
- Jun 30, 2017
- Runs
- 459
Indian test bowling evolved only after 2015 with good pacers coming in both in quality and quantity.
But Indian ODI unit didnt get much recognition from 2000-2011.
We had Shrinath for first 3 years, performed nicely except WC final.
We had Zaheer bowling terrific yorkers and hitting peak from 2006-2011. 2011 WC was a pinnacle.
Ajit Agarkar, expensive but got wickts when needed, bowled some unplayables to the likes of Jayasuriya, Kallis etc. in swinging conditions.
Irfan Pathan, high quality pacer, usually getting at least 2 wickets in full spell when some swing was on offer. 173 wickets with good average.
Ashish Nehra, very underrated, especially innswinging conditions, difficult to score off. Save India from humiliation of being chased down 349 in Pakistan. Spell vs Eng in 2003 WC was a great lesson of swing bowling. Bowled well in 2011 WC in limited opportunities.
Guys like Pravin Kumar, Munaf Patel were more than helpful and won us a tri series in Aus and also few matches from losing performance vs SA.
In spin there were Kumble and Bhajji(both rarely played together) and rarely went over 40 runs in a spell picking 1 or 2 wickets.
Most underrated thing about that attack was a stock of part time bowling.
We had Sachin, Saurav, Sehvag, Yuvraj etc. depending on the conditions. We even had Raina, Yousuf Pathan etc. Part time bowling alone would have produced 350+ wickets in those 10 years, even Aus and SA didnt have that luxary.
Discuss.
But Indian ODI unit didnt get much recognition from 2000-2011.
We had Shrinath for first 3 years, performed nicely except WC final.
We had Zaheer bowling terrific yorkers and hitting peak from 2006-2011. 2011 WC was a pinnacle.
Ajit Agarkar, expensive but got wickts when needed, bowled some unplayables to the likes of Jayasuriya, Kallis etc. in swinging conditions.
Irfan Pathan, high quality pacer, usually getting at least 2 wickets in full spell when some swing was on offer. 173 wickets with good average.
Ashish Nehra, very underrated, especially innswinging conditions, difficult to score off. Save India from humiliation of being chased down 349 in Pakistan. Spell vs Eng in 2003 WC was a great lesson of swing bowling. Bowled well in 2011 WC in limited opportunities.
Guys like Pravin Kumar, Munaf Patel were more than helpful and won us a tri series in Aus and also few matches from losing performance vs SA.
In spin there were Kumble and Bhajji(both rarely played together) and rarely went over 40 runs in a spell picking 1 or 2 wickets.
Most underrated thing about that attack was a stock of part time bowling.
We had Sachin, Saurav, Sehvag, Yuvraj etc. depending on the conditions. We even had Raina, Yousuf Pathan etc. Part time bowling alone would have produced 350+ wickets in those 10 years, even Aus and SA didnt have that luxary.
Discuss.
