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We should not forget Pakistan has better overall record: Dhoni

One word. Culture.

You need a culture to bowl fast. In Pakistan, if you bowl below 130 kph, you are NOT considered a fast bowler. And forget about the national team, nobody in the weakest of domestic sides will give you a chance unless you are an all rounder or an exception like Mohammad Asif.

India needs to get a damn good fast bowler and make him into a hero so that the young ones start to copy him.

Pakistan had very few genuinely fast bowlers before the rise of Imran Khan. After that, there was a long queue.

We had Kapil Dev. Then Javagal Srinath. Then Zaheer Khan. If I'm not mistaken, all 3 have more test wickets than Imran Khan?
 
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koi baat nai Pakistaniyon,,,jaisa ki Dhoni ne kaha,kabhi na kabhi toh 'mauka' mil hi jayega;)
:cheers:
 
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Well if that were true, entire Pakistani nation wouldn't be in such gloom, at yet another WC loss to India.
You need to but look at Pakistani news channels, almost everyone is totally heartbroken.
entire nation was very excited after winning 1992 world cup and reaching in final in 1999 even after losing to India in these world cup..its overall performance matter in big tournmemt than just India vs Pakistan match..this hype of india vs Pak match create by media to forget our poor performances against other top teams.
 
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Condolence by Dhoni...but truth is that we won last match...:fans:
 
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We had Kapil Dev. Then Javagal Srinath. Then Zaheer Khan. If I'm not mistaken, all 3 have more test wickets than Imran Khan?

Only Kapil dev has more wickets than Imran Khan.

Bu look at the bowling averages:

Imran Khan :22.81
Kapil Dev: 29.64
Zaheer Khan: 32.94
Sirinath: 30.49

Imran took a test wicket every 22.81 balls! And the difference is huge.

And none of the Indians above had raw pace. All of them are line and length bowlers.
 
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My question is why can't India get bowlers who bowl genuinely quick?

In test matches, line and length bowlers do not get wickets. Raw pace does.

Why are you running after pace? New ball's swing is peaked at 145. Above that, the swing of the ball starts decreasing as new layer of air builds up which reduces turbulance. U. Yadav and M. Sharma ball at around 140.

But when ball is old you can swing using reverse tech which requires a lot of pace around 145+ and reverse swing is late and very hard to play. You can reverse swing ball at 155+ lol, totaly not worth since ball is new and the swing will equaly as much as conventional swing at 140 so why waste energy? Moreover now 2 new balls are used for one end each making reverse swing difficult before 40 overs atleast. Anyways M. Shami has best strike rate since 2011 world cup in ODIs fyi.
 
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Only Kapil dev has more wickets than Imran Khan.

I did not know that.

And none of the Indians above had raw pace. All of them are line and length bowlers.

Sir I recall someone once told me that Srinath's fastest deliveries were 150 plus. He has also broken some noses and jaws. How fast did Imran bowl at? I know Waqar was fastest among the three (third being Wasim Akram)?
 
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I would agree you might have a point for debate at least if all your fast bowlers were Pashtun like Imran Khan.

But how is a Punjabi or a Sindhi fast bowler of Pakistan physically more endowed than his counterparts in India?

Beef?

What a crap of Bull locks, Punjab has produced the best breed of Fast bowlers the world has ever seen, Wasim Akram Punjabi, Waqar Younus Punjabi, Shoaib Akhter Punjabi. So please stop talking like a jack @ _ _. Infact Punjabis have huge built compared to any other ethnicity either in India or in Pakistan.
 
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I did not know that.



Sir I recall someone once told me that Srinath's fastest deliveries were 150 plus. He has also broken some noses and jaws. How fast did Imran bowl at? I know Waqar was fastest among the three (third being Wasim Akram)?
Shoib akhtar and muhammad sami was fastest bowlers with more speed than waqar and wasim
 
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Only Kapil dev has more wickets than Imran Khan.

Bu look at the bowling averages:

Imran Khan :22.81
Kapil Dev: 29.64
Zaheer Khan: 32.94
Sirinath: 30.49

Imran took a test wicket every 22.81 balls! And the difference is huge.

And none of the Indians above had raw pace. All of them are line and length bowlers.
brain over brawn .. eh ? :)
 
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What a crap of Bull locks, Punjab has produced the best breed of Fast bowlers the world has ever seen, Wasim Akram Punjabi, Waqar Younus Punjabi, Shoaib Akhter Punjabi. So please stop talking like a jack @ _ _. Infact Punjabis have huge built compared to any other ethnicity either in India or in Pakistan.

Did you read my post? I asked how are your Punjabis any bigger or stronger than our Punjabis or Jats?

Since they are the same people, there must be something different?

Beef?
 
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We had Kapil Dev. Then Javagal Srinath. Then Zaheer Khan. If I'm not mistaken, all 3 have more test wickets than Imran Khan?
You forget Waseem Akram, Waqar Yonis. Bro, they are legends. No one in world ( not jus from India) can match them.

If I have powers in BCCI, I choose Waseem Akram as Indian bowling coach.
 
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brain over brawn .. eh ? :)

In Imran's case, not so.

He was a better bowler then all of them 3 combined. (No disrespect to Kapil, Javegal and Zaheer).

In his last 10 years of cricket, Imran averaged 19 with the ball and more than 50 with the bat. And I am not even mentioning his captaincy.

They don't call him the best all rounder of this century for no reason.
 
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You forget Waseem Akram, Waqar Yonis. Bro, they are legends. No one in world ( not jus from India) can match them.

If I have powers in BCCI, I choose Waseem Akram as Indian bowling coach.

Yaar I am a die hard Wasim fan too. The discussion with Rafael sir was about path breaking role models for future generations. Why Indian boys did not get inspired by these 3 Indian greats in similar manner? Why Indian boys got more inspired by Sunil Gavaskar and Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid? Not that I am complaining .....
 
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I did not know that.



Sir I recall someone once told me that Srinath's fastest deliveries were 150 plus. He has also broken some noses and jaws. How fast did Imran bowl at? I know Waqar was fastest among the three (third being Wasim Akram)?

I am not sure of the bowling speeds as the speed counter has been a post Imran phenomena.
 
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