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Saturday, November 2, 2024
TopicFast bowlers

Topic: fast bowlers

Frank Tyson — Indian cricket owes a lot to ‘reluctant Bombay coach’ who taught bowlers to run

Once an invincible force, the Bombay team was in crisis in the 1980s. With the ‘Typhoon’ as their coach, they bounced back within a year & stormed into the finals of the Ranji Trophy.

‘Sultan of Swing’ with a poetic delivery — Why Wasim Akram became a legend in his own lifetime

That cricket as a sport encourages batsmen, bowlers and fielders to display their skills, is merely stating the obvious. What is less obvious is that...

Broken bones, fractured jaws, bruised egos — The lesser-known tale of India’s pace bowling

In 'Speed Merchants', Gulu Ezekiel and Vijay Lokapally write about fast bowlers who would be known on the world stage if India's Test debut had come in 1920s rather than 1932.

Feared fast man returns: How a fit Bumrah is adding new missiles to his deadly arsenal

Two years since his Test debut, India fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah speaks about his variations, his many teachers, and why he never felt overwhelmed by big names.

New mindset, intensity, bench strength — how pacers helped India thrash South Africa 3-0

After Indian fast bowlers outshine South Africans in Test series, Kapil Dev says their success is down to the belief that they can take wickets in any conditions.

World Cup 2019 is showing that India has finally become a fast-bowling nation

All three of India’s pacers — Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar and Shami — are capable of hitting 90 mph, the traditional yardstick for being ‘quick’.

On Camera

As a Hindu Canadian, I am deeply hurt by cancellation of Diwali. My community is now sidelined

Canada faces serious foreign interference issues, but these challenges must not be weaponized to unfairly target friendly and important allies like India.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

Indian firms sanctioned by US didn’t violate laws, says MEA. Hyderabad firm that supplied to Army on list

Among 19 Indian firms sanctioned by US Treasury Dept was Lokesh Machines Ltd accused of coordinating with 'Russian defence procurement agent to import Italy-origin CNC machines'.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.