Dravid, Sachin, Sehwag, Raina all fell to short deliveries exposing Indian frailities to the raising ball. VVS though at every opportunity pulled & cut with ferocity. He treated short balls like half trackers and pulled with elan. It is this inherent positive mindset to attack the short ball and the ability to pull out the hook/pull at will made VVS Laxman dominate the Aussies. In any pull shot, the key is to go back & across, stand tall and roll the wrists over to keep the ball down. VVS did that with aplomb.
Dravid used to play the pullshort well but seems to have lost it as he grew older. Sachin plays pull shorts only in ODIs. I fail to understand why batsmen of their ability fail to play this short with regularity.
Raina has clearly no ability with short ball and he will get exposed regularly and indeed in upcoming series in South Africa. Sehwag has his way of ducking and scoring and is too smart a cricketer and I am sure he will find a way. Gambhir is expecting a short ball each time he is facing, so much that he is on backfoot and keeps getting out LBW.
Time for VVS Masterclass tutions to rest of the team
2 comments:
Superb piece. Completely agree with your views - Suvir
Bow to your technical knowledge of cricket. Well written
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