Wednesday, 26 February 2014
Varun Aaron fast, fearsome bowler of Indian Cricket deserve some respect
Varun Aaron has played only 19 first class game, so if he misses his line and length a bit, it is very understandable. But he has what India is looking for years - PACE!
Yesterday in match between India and Bangladesh in Asia Cup at Fatullah, Varun Aaron averaged 145 kph on speed gun. He even touched 150 kph at times, even in returning spells, and showed us that he has in him, along with Umesh Yadav, to become India's first tare away new ball opening pair.
But fear in India is always been how bowlers are treated. Kapil Dev, former Indian captain and opening fast medium bowler, once said that batsmen are treated as 'owners' and bowlers as 'labors' in India. They aren't given the respect they deserve. After all they are also servants of Indian cricket just like batsmen. But batsmen having created many records by batting on flat and docile wickets in India, even scoring 12 centuries against West Indies in past on such wickets, have a big 'EGO', and they are in no mood to give that respect to the bowlers.
One saw yesterday when ball slipped out of Varun Aaron's hand, possibly due to sweaty conditions at humid fatullah in bangladesh, and it ended up as a 'beamer'. In a game of cricket, a beamer is a ball delivered by a bowler that does not bounce before reaching the batsmen and end up above his waist. Without giving any thought to conditions that prevailed, and without wasting any time, Sunil Gavaskar was all over young Varon Aaron. "Don't tell me that ball slips out of hand at this level. He should not only be suspended, but also banned for quite a few matches," Gavaskar said.
May I tell you that in last 50 matches 35 beamer's have been bowled, and those were not delivered by Indian bowlers. But this is the sort of attitude we carry towards bowlers in India and then expect them to come up with good. I am sorry nothing good is going to happen unless former Indian cricketers drop their ego and behave as a servant of Indian cricket. Varon Aaron is not playing here to get a certificate on how to behave on cricket field. And Aaron has never taken is partner off the field of play when umpire has given him LBW, that's what Sunil Gavaskar did in Australia, something Ricky Ponting keeps reminding us.
What has also been disappointing is this constant calls from former great indian batsmen to reduce pace/speed of India's bowlers. Other teams, like Australia and South Africa, encourage their bowlers to ball as quick as possible and never compromise on speed. They feel that line and length will come with experience but if a bowler deliberately reduces his pace it doesn't come back. But there is 'no one' who understands fast bowling, and its dynamics, in India and they keep making 'silly' comments. You wouldn't have heard anything more than 'pitch the ball up, swing it' from Indian commentators. It is as if pitching the ball up and swinging it will happen easily and batsmen will remain static and not take that pitch up ball on full, i.e convert it into a fall toss, and hammer it away. It's painful to see how cricketers of 80's with their old theories have been able to impose on new generation cricketers, especially bowlers.
Both Umesh Yadav and Varun Aaron are assets of Indian cricket. They need to be groomed well. Insulting them for everything will not help. What will not help them is blaming them for intentional beamers, which they never intended. Start giving some respect to Indian bowlers and they will deliver. Just like Russel Arnold of Sri Lanka was giving it more than Harsha Bhogle of India at commentary yesterday.
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| Varun Aaron clocked 155 kph, faster ever ball from Indian fast bowler in cricket |
Yesterday in match between India and Bangladesh in Asia Cup at Fatullah, Varun Aaron averaged 145 kph on speed gun. He even touched 150 kph at times, even in returning spells, and showed us that he has in him, along with Umesh Yadav, to become India's first tare away new ball opening pair.
But fear in India is always been how bowlers are treated. Kapil Dev, former Indian captain and opening fast medium bowler, once said that batsmen are treated as 'owners' and bowlers as 'labors' in India. They aren't given the respect they deserve. After all they are also servants of Indian cricket just like batsmen. But batsmen having created many records by batting on flat and docile wickets in India, even scoring 12 centuries against West Indies in past on such wickets, have a big 'EGO', and they are in no mood to give that respect to the bowlers.
One saw yesterday when ball slipped out of Varun Aaron's hand, possibly due to sweaty conditions at humid fatullah in bangladesh, and it ended up as a 'beamer'. In a game of cricket, a beamer is a ball delivered by a bowler that does not bounce before reaching the batsmen and end up above his waist. Without giving any thought to conditions that prevailed, and without wasting any time, Sunil Gavaskar was all over young Varon Aaron. "Don't tell me that ball slips out of hand at this level. He should not only be suspended, but also banned for quite a few matches," Gavaskar said.
May I tell you that in last 50 matches 35 beamer's have been bowled, and those were not delivered by Indian bowlers. But this is the sort of attitude we carry towards bowlers in India and then expect them to come up with good. I am sorry nothing good is going to happen unless former Indian cricketers drop their ego and behave as a servant of Indian cricket. Varon Aaron is not playing here to get a certificate on how to behave on cricket field. And Aaron has never taken is partner off the field of play when umpire has given him LBW, that's what Sunil Gavaskar did in Australia, something Ricky Ponting keeps reminding us.
What has also been disappointing is this constant calls from former great indian batsmen to reduce pace/speed of India's bowlers. Other teams, like Australia and South Africa, encourage their bowlers to ball as quick as possible and never compromise on speed. They feel that line and length will come with experience but if a bowler deliberately reduces his pace it doesn't come back. But there is 'no one' who understands fast bowling, and its dynamics, in India and they keep making 'silly' comments. You wouldn't have heard anything more than 'pitch the ball up, swing it' from Indian commentators. It is as if pitching the ball up and swinging it will happen easily and batsmen will remain static and not take that pitch up ball on full, i.e convert it into a fall toss, and hammer it away. It's painful to see how cricketers of 80's with their old theories have been able to impose on new generation cricketers, especially bowlers.
Both Umesh Yadav and Varun Aaron are assets of Indian cricket. They need to be groomed well. Insulting them for everything will not help. What will not help them is blaming them for intentional beamers, which they never intended. Start giving some respect to Indian bowlers and they will deliver. Just like Russel Arnold of Sri Lanka was giving it more than Harsha Bhogle of India at commentary yesterday.
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