Bowlers are lamenting their plight. Flat tracks, small boundaries, and now the impact player. Nothing seems to be in their favor. Yesterday (April 26), the highest-ever successful chase in T20 cricket happened at Eden Gardens. It turned out the garden turned into a graveyard for bowlers. But Ravi Shastri has no sympathy for them.
The former Indian head coach, instead of criticizing the trend of cricket becoming a batter’s game, has told the bowlers to ‘cut the whinging and mourning’. This advice to them is to ‘focus on the time tested and execution of things that have lasted the test of time’
Stand out: Ravi Shastri’s advice to bowlers
He’s adviced every bowler in the 10 franchises to stick to their strengths and focus on making the most of the opportunity that is being presented to them.
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Shastri, right or wrong?
It’s all fine saying that bowlers should back themselves and stop blaming the impact rule or pitches, but the trend would suggest otherwise. Before the IPL 2024 season, scores of 250 or more had been scored just twice in 16 seasons. We are in the 43rd match of the season, and we have already seen the 250-run mark get crossed 8 times.
Now, Ravi Shastri’s advice to stick to their guns may be right, but bowlers are right to criticize the rapidly changing trend that favors the batters.
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