Bowling Strategies Quotes

I even had the illusion, for a very short time, that I could become a medium pace bowler.

I don't bowl at 140 kmph or 150 kmph, so my best chance of getting the batsmen out is by bowling in the right areas and getting it to swing.

The era of playing aggressive cricket and to have the mid-on up is gone. You now try to read the mindset of a batsman.

I think it is always a challenge when you go and play abroad. You are competing against the home team, and they know the conditions well. Their fast bowlers always know which length to bowl and also the areas in which they need to bowl.

I'm a very good bowler, which I discovered a few months ago.

What you can never do on a slow pitch is bowl with any width. If you bowl straight it's almost impossible to get the ball away.

When I was a youngster, Praveen Kumar was in the same club as me, and because we are similar bowlers, I learnt a lot from him. We used to have conversations, but not a lot. What was very helpful was observing what he was bowling, the kind of fields he had, and what his thinking was.

I used to bowl a lot at the death while bowling in the IPL, but it serves as a confidence booster that I can do a lot more with the ball at the start of the innings and at the death.

Since coming into T20s, I have improved a lot in the death overs.

According to the situation, your role changes in one-day cricket, especially in a phase like the Powerplay. If I bowl four spells, four times I will be playing a different role. If I come in the first Powerplay, and say the opposition are 70 for no loss after 10 overs, I will be looking to take a wicket.

The only thing I've ever been interested in teaching anyone in life is cricket.

It's not easy bowling off-spin in one-day internationals with only five men allowed on the leg side.

I have tried to improve on my death bowling.

It is always challenging bowling abroad - you don't get much spin, bounce. You do get bounce, but you don't get sideways spin. It is always drifting kind of spin you get.

There has definitely been an improvement in my bowling in terms of pace and variations like the slower ball and knuckle-ball. To add to that, I have improved fitness-wise.

We all know just bowling won't do in modern international cricket, and we have to contribute with the bat and as a fielder, too.

They come with a lot of strategies in international cricket. You face bowlers with a lot more pace.

Yes, there are absolutely moments when you're running out of ideas, and you do genuinely feel sorry for the bowlers when you keep asking them to run in again on a flat wicket, when partnerships get away from you, especially at the tail, which is one of the big differences in the modern game.

Being a swing bowler, bowling at the death is just an added facet in my bowling.

It's true that I have got wickets with the new ball in Test matches, but that doesn't mean that I can't bowl with the old ball.

I love to talk about bowling, and whoever comes for help, I'm always there. Even in IPL, PSL, I try to help the youngsters as much as I can.

I rely on swing to get wickets, and I continue to do it that way. I have never tried to copy others.

A lot of the emphasis on international bowlers is on their pace and Australia coach Darren Lehmann is a big fan of bowlers who can bowl 90mph-plus.

There are many things that you just observe while watching Steyn. Just seeing him bowl is a great learning in itself.

Gone are the days of just containing through the middle, gone are the days of just soaking up pressure. You've got to be able to take wickets.