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India's potent bowling unit
The Morning Standard
|October 16, 2023
Hosts' bowlers have been hunting in packs, thereby stifling rival batters and finding success in the process
MOHAMMED Siraj was candid on Saturday night. Inadvertently, he also described life as an elite-level cricketer. "When you go to office, you also have an off day sometimes," he said. "It cannot always be the same performance. The graph comes down. So, I think to myself that I am not a bad bowler because of one match," he added.
The query here was about him not being in rhythm in New Delhi and in the first spell in Ahmedabad. The point to note is that India have taken 28 wickets in three games so far in the World Cup. In fact, they have dismissed their opponents 15 times in 24 games in 2023. Such has been the impact created by the bowling unit that Siraj (33) and Kuldeep Yadav (38) are among the top three wicket-takers in ODIS this year. Hardik Pandya (21), Ravindra Jadeja (20) and Mohammed Shami (19) aren't far behind.
The aforementioned names in itself forms a bowling unit that would make many teams jealous. That's before you throw in one of the best at the moment Jasprit Bumrah (16 in 8 innings this year) - along with R Ashwin (5 in 3 innings) and Shardul Thakur (20 in 14 games). Suffice to say that the hosts have the strongest bowling attack for subcontinental conditions.
This story is from the October 16, 2023 edition of The Morning Standard.
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