Sourav Ganguly wants the Indian bowlers to bowl like Shoaib Akhtar ? Cricket News Update
Sourav Ganguly, the former Indian skipper, has slammed the country?s fast bowlers for their lack of intensity and wants them to focus on bowling fast, rather than thinking too much about the technicalities of the game.
Historically, India has produced a number of great batsmen, but it is a barren land when it comes to producing high quality fast bowlers. Over the last six decades or so, only Kapil Dev and Javagal Srinath are two prominent names in this department of the game.
Since 2000, a number of young fast bowlers have emerged through the ranks of domestic cricket in the country, like Zaheer Khan, Ashish Nehra, Ajit Agarkar, Munaf Patel, Lakshmipathy Balaji, Irfan Pathan and RP Singh.
Quite surprisingly however, all of them failed to maintain their reputation of being genuine fast bowlers and turned out to be mediocre medium pacers after a couple of years in international cricket, failing to keep up with the high standards of fitness required to hit high speeds.
The former Indian captain mentioned Zaheer and Munaf, who he thinks, had the potential to become world-class operators but feels that they never had the attitude of a great fast bowler. The ?prince of Kolkata? wants the young Indian speedsters to emulate Shoaib Akhtar, the former Pakistan fast bowler, who just concentrated on speed throughout his career.
"Our bowlers have no strength. When Munaf Patel, Zaheer Khan arrived they had a lot of pace but gradually they dropped down. It?s an attitude thing, to bowl fast. But the Indian bowlers think much rather than bowling fast," Ganguly said. "They have to be like Shoaib Akhtar, who thinks nothing other than bowling fast."
While talking about his favourite fast bowlers, Ganguly expressed that Glenn McGrath and Wasim Akram are two of the greatest cricketers of the modern-era.? The former left-hander said that the Aussie was almost unplayable in home conditions, much like Wasim Akram.
"Glenn McGrath was brilliant in Australian conditions, while Wasim Akram was difficult in subcontinent wickets, especially with the older ball,"?the former Test cricketer added.
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