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A very good article on VRV is here. Quote: |
Originally Posted by Siddhartha Vaidyanathan Put Parthiv Patel's face on Zaheer Khan's body, add a couple of more inches in height, lengthen the run-up by a few yards, run in with a rhythmic action that gathers momentum with every step - hands moving like efficient pistons - deliver with an open-chested action and let out a mighty groan when the ball whizzes past the batsman's shoulder and you have done a perfect imitation of VRV's routine. | Quote: |
Originally Posted by Siddhartha Vaidyanathan Line and length are sometimes optional but he will he never compromise on speed. Speak to him and he drops words like "pace", "speed" and "fast" with an occasional mention of "swing". | Quote: |
Originally Posted by Bhupinder Singh Sr Bhupinder Singh Sr, Punjab's former coach, says, "All he wants to do is bowl fast," he says, "nothing else matters to him." Sukhvinder Bawa, his coach since he was six, talks about the days when VRV came back from a game and felt disappointed because he hadn't injured enough batsmen. "When you can bowl with such pace, why spoil the boy with over-coaching?" Sukhvinder, who also coached Yuvraj Singh, asks. "Control can be developed over time but at this age he has to be allowed to bowl as fast as he can." |
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Last edited by Waseem : 18-02-2006 at 09:42 PM.
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