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Varun Aaron:-Fast But Not Fearsome

I haven't seen Irfan hit 150kph? Remind me if you have, though his 140-145kph is extremely dangerous due to his height

Wahab on average is a bit slower than Aaron

Aaron's avg pace was around 141 kph yesterday I think. Not exactly express. Only 1 ball touched 150 kph.
 
Genuine pace should not be discarded so quickly, India should give him confidence, and he will improve...

Even after injury his pace is same, which means he doesnt want to compromise on pace, which is good to see, Acurracy will come as he gets more matches under his belt, As of now, he is fastest bowler in Asia

You say exactly what the non Indian commies were saying yesterday.But Harsha Bhogle wanted to play Mishra before Aaron.He is coming back from a18month injury break he needs time.


I haven't seen Irfan hit 150kph? Remind me if you have, though his 140-145kph is extremely dangerous due to his height

Wahab on average is a bit slower than Aaron


He will say Aaron is slower.Aaron even hit 150ks in NZ.
 
Do you reead the OP?Avg was 88MPH plus.He bowled a lot of ball over 145ks as well.

Don't know where OP got his stats from. But Aaron ended his 7th over.. and his average pace for the day was shown as 144kph.
Unless he trundled in the 8th over, there is no way that his average pace was only 88mph.
 
Don't know where OP got his stats from. But Aaron ended his 7th over.. and his average pace for the day was shown as 144kph.
Unless he trundled in the 8th over, there is no way that his average pace was only 88mph.

His avg pace was 144? That is impressive! If only he could get some swing/seam he could be an excellent prospect. Otherwise he'll get tonked like yesterday.
 
His avg pace was 144? That is impressive! If only he could get some swing/seam he could be an excellent prospect. Otherwise he'll get tonked like yesterday.

Yes, it was 143.8 during the 7th over. He started off at 140-144, but his last few overs were consistant 145-150kph stuff.
Throughout the match, only two of his deliveries were under 140.. one of them was a slower one at 120 I think. I was genuinely impressed with that pace. Got tonked, but kept coming back with pace :akhtar
 
Yes, it was 143.8 during the 7th over. He started off at 140-144, but his last few overs were consistant 145-150kph stuff.
Throughout the match, only two of his deliveries were under 140.. one of them was a slower one at 120 I think. I was genuinely impressed with that pace. Got tonked, but kept coming back with pace :akhtar

I still think our attack should be Shami,Bhuvi and Ishwar Pandey in ODI's especially after what happened yesterday. Can't give free runs away like that.
 
I still think our attack should be Shami,Bhuvi and Ishwar Pandey in ODI's especially after what happened yesterday. Can't give free runs away like that.

Wickets have slowed down and are taking turn. Amit Mishra can be a good addition. He is a wicket taking spinner.
 
Fast bowler Varun Aaron is not worried about the cut-throat competition and is hopeful of his India comeback, saying he is competing with himself only and believes he can play for any team at his best.

The 32-year-old recently parted ways with his state side Jharkhand and will play for Baroda in the upcoming 2022-23 season of domestic cricket.

The Indian cricket team currently has a plethora of options in the fast bowling department and have serious competition. So, making a comeback for Aaron, who last played for India in 2015 and has suffered many injuries since then, won’t be easy. However, the Jharkhand-born cricketer is optimistic about his chances.

“At the end of the day, the only person who I am competing with is myself. When I broke into the Indian team, the great bowlers like Zaheer Khan, Praveen Kumar, Munaf Patel, Ashish Nehra were playing at that time. If I thought about the competition back then, I would have never made into the team,” Varun told IANS in an exclusive interview.

“So similarly, my focus has always been myself, and I know that I, at my best, would make myself with the team,” he added.

There was a time when most of the budding cricketers wanted to become batters but things have changed drastically in the last few years. Nowadays, youngsters are keen to take up fast bowling.

Aaron, who himself was part of the MRF Pace Academy in Chennai at the age of 15, and has seen Indian cricket closely for a very long time now, feels better athleticism and improved infrastructure has led to the transformation.

“I feel it’s great. I feel India is evolving as a sporting country. People have started taking up a lot more sports than just cricket. So with that, you get better trained athletes. And, fast bowling is all about being athletic, it’s all about having stamina, being strong and having speed,” the pacer said.

“Before, guys used to play like cricket all day, they just played a little football but now kids are being trained in school. There are programs in place and also in India at the moment, we’ve got a great setup and structure to spot talent at an early age and invest in them.

The MRF Foundation has been doing it for a very long time — since 1988 I think. But now even the BCCI has started doing that, investing a lot in fast bowlers. So, the Indian fast bowlers for the last seven to eight years have been really, really good, which obviously generates more interest in fast bowling,” he added.

The experienced fast bowler was bought by the champions Gujarat Titans at the IPL 2022 mega auction and he played two matches for them during the season. Ashish Nehra was the head coach of the victorious Titans team. Interestingly, Varun has had the opportunity to play with him and also under his coaching.

Asked about Nehra’s personality, Varun said that the cricketer-turned-coach is a chilled out guy and he is always there when a player needs him.

“He (Nehra) is really really chilled out. He is a very good player’s coach and always there when you need him, want to have a chat late at night or want to have an extra session in the nets,” he said.

“He is very much invested in every single player and wants the team to do well from Day one. During the IPL 2022, he kept the atmosphere at Gujarat Titans relaxed. There wasn’t any sense of desperation or pressure to win the title in the first year. The message was very clear — just play good cricket and let’s execute our plans. That’s all we had to get. Once we started winning, it was just really easy for us throughout the tournament,” he added.

Talking about the learning for his former statemate and legendary MS Dhoni, Varun said that the charismatic cricketer is very cool under any circumstance.

“Obviously, I made my India debut under MS. Later, I played for the state with him for the first time, because when he had played for India, I was playing under-14, so I never met him until I represented India,” said Aaron.

“When I finally met him, I was pleasantly surprised to know how down to earth he was, how approachable he was. His cricketing brain, like some of the ideas he gets on the field is brilliant and we all have seen that obviously. What I would love to take away from him is — how cool and collected he is under any situation. And if he does well, or he doesn’t have the greatest game, he is still the same. So that’s something which everybody can take away from him,” he added.

https://www.cricketcountry.com/news...eful-about-his-international-comeback-1042507
 
I always loved the opening bowling combo of Varun and Umesh. We never had these kind of fast bowlers. But, alas....!!
 
I always loved the opening bowling combo of Varun and Umesh. We never had these kind of fast bowlers. But, alas....!!

What was there to love about apart from their pace? They had the economy rate comparable to normal body temperature. Bumrah and Bhuvneshwar are leagues ahead of them.
 
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