IND vs SL: Arshdeep Singh's childhood coach claims 'lack of practice' behind left-armer's NO BALL Troubles

IND vs SL: Arshdeep No-Ball – Arshdeep Singh had a day to forget on his return to the Indian team on Thursday. The left-arm pacer conceded 37 in his two overs, bowling a record 5 NO BALLS in his spell. Arshdeep’s poor show was met with criticism, with childhood coach Jaswant Rai identifying areas for him to work on. Follow India vs Srilanka LIVE updates on Insidesport.IN

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IND vs SL: Arshdeep Singh’s childhood coach claims ‘lack of practice’ behind left-armer’s NO BALL Troubles, says ‘Arshdeep just needs to focus on his steps’ – Check out

India’s young left-arm pacer Arshdeep Singh had a night to forget on his return to the team on Saturday. The 23-year-old bowled a record five no-balls in just two overs conceding 37 runs. He conceded 19 and 18 in his overs, struggling to find his footing.

He is already India’s leading bowler in overstepping the line in T20I history. No balls have long been a problem for the left-arm, and childhood coach Jaswant Rai believes that work has to be done.

“Arshdeep just needs to focus on his steps right now. He needs to maintain his rhythm. He was not looking in rhythm in the second T20I. The no-ball happened because of lack of practice. We (Arshdeep and I) will discuss this soon. I am sure he will improve on this,” Rai told TimesofIndia.com.

Arshdeep registered an ‘unwanted’ record — most no-balls in a T20I match by an Indian bowler. His tally of no-balls in T20I cricket now reads 14. He is also now only the second bowler from an ICC full member nation, after Hamish Rutherford, to bowl five no-balls in a T20I match.

“The major and the biggest problem behind a pacer bowling a no-ball is his run-up,” Rai continued his assessment during this conversation with Timesofindia.com. “When a bowler marks his run-up, he sometimes loses focus on his steps and bowls a no-ball. To maintain uniformity, a bowler needs to practice a lot in terms of run-up to avoid bowling no-balls. He has to measure the run-up properly before bowling…maintain one rhythm and keep checking whether you are overstepping or not.

IND vs SL: Arshdeep Singh’s childhood coach claims ‘lack of practice’ behind left-armer’s NO BALL Troubles, says ‘Arshdeep just needs to focus on his steps’ – Check out

“The problem with Arshdeep is that he used to run diagonally and because of that he used to enter the danger zone (in follow-through). He did this on many occasions during the IPL. We sat together and worked on his run-up. He started running perfectly then. But if you start running too straight, then also you are bound to overstep.

“A bowler needs to focus on his run-up, steps, speed, line, length and rhythm all at the same time while bowling. It is tough and takes time but with experience you get used to of it,” the coach added.

“Arshdeep should have a run-up like Zaheer (Khan) and Kapil Dev. They were so effective and impressive without mistakes on the field,” the coach added.