Indian bodies not designed to bowl fast - Zaheer

Zaheer Khan,
the Indian seamer, has said fast bowling doesn't come naturally to
Indians and recommended county cricket for the upcoming Indian fast
bowlers to improve their skills.



"It's not a natural thing," Zaheer said. "Indian
bodies are not designed to bowl fast but that said, it's not very
different from bowling outside India. Basically you have to spend a lot
of time understanding yourself, your art, and then find out what works
for you and what doesn't. It also involves a lot of hard work."


When asked why several Indian fast bowlers drop significantly in pace
while playing international cricket, Zaheer said: "It's about trying to
adapt to the international level, where the room for error is less. You
can't always do at the international level what you do at domestic
level.



"You need to understand your bowling style and work on fitness that much
more. The bottom line is as long you are able to produce results, it is
fine. I also dropped pace, so basically it's important to know what
works for you at the international level and put that into practice."


Zaheer had a successful stint with Worcestershire in 2006 and it helped
him make a comeback to the national side after being dropped. Match
practice, he said, was key to improving one's skill as a fast bowler.
"The bottom line is match practice," he said. "Experience is something
that is valued and you gain that by playing matches. No matter how hard
you try at the nets, the match scenario is completely different.



"As for county cricket, their season is the off season in India, that's
why I would recommend it, but again the bottom line is more matches,
wherever you play."

"I wanted to play badly but what can one do. I was 100% fit when I
landed in England and didn't rush my return in any way but picked up
another injury. That's the way the game goes."

County Cricket is the ultimate first class cricket.
BCCI is also against it.They rarely send players to play in there.
Piyush Chawla wanted to play ,he was not allowed.
County have produced so many great cricketers.

Karthik playing in Somerset

viresh mathad wrote:Karthik playing in Somerset

Kartik is not going to play anymore for india,thats why he is playing.
If he was in selectors set up,he wouldnt have been playing.

Even Pragyan ojha was given the permission to play in county after India lost 3 tests vs england,probably they thought he may be needed for 4th test.

KARTHIK WILL NOT PLAY FOR INDIA

Karthik is awesome bowler
hes duin very good job for SOmerset

but hes not gonna play for India

this bloody shitting BCCI doesnt have sense at all

yes karthick is a experienced guy toooooo

Look how indian fans are slamming zaheer's comment in the main article.Thats ridiculuous.He is speaking the truth.

Zaheer is dumb

his commnet makes no sense

zaheer is right for a point if u see the history of indian cricket no bowler bowled 150 or 160 except the young guns now a days they are bowling a bit 140 to 145 but bowling 130-135 doesn't mean that you are a fast bowler