Mumbai: India’s leading fast bowler Mohammad Shami opined that team India’s pace unit not only changed under Virat Kohli’s captaincy, he also believes that the drastic change in pace attack in the past couple of years led to the opposition teams think twice before rolling out because of India’s outstanding fast-bowling unit.
India’s pace attack have changed drastically in the last decade in the likes of Jasprit Bumrah, Ishant Sharma, Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav, and Bhuvneshwar Kumar. Needless to say the bowling units in the Men in Blue have taken the Indian pace to the next level in world cricket. Under the captaincy of Virat Kohli India have tasted great success in world cricket. One of the crucial reasons of India’s success in recent times has to be pace bowling.
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Shami also revealed that one of the best things about their pace unit is that now they only have 4-5 bowlers who can consistently bowl, which was never the case in the past. He believes that’s one of the main reason the opposition teams are able to plan quickly against India. Now this is not the case, now we have forced the opposition to think otherwise.
“The best thing about our bowling unit is that we have 4-5 pacers who can constantly bowl at over 140-145 clicks for a long time. You can find 1-2, but to find 4-5 people together is a matter of great fortune and we have that. This is the reason we force the opposition think exactly what kind of wicket they want to offer us. I don’t think earlier we had a bowler with the ability to bowl for so long. As a result, the opposing used to plot against us very easily. But this is not the case. We have forced the opposition to think otherwise,” Shami was quoted as saying to India News.
The senior pacer who will soon be seen in action when the Men in Blue will take on New Zealand in WTC final. The 30-year-old pacer also revealed the team atmosphere out of the field, explaining how the junior and senior members of the team revel in sharing valuable information.
”As seniors, our duty is to tell the youngsters in the side to ask us everything freely. Overall, the atmosphere and camaraderie between the juniors and seniors is amazing. The thing is, all of us will have to leave the game someday but it is important to think about what we are leaving behind, for the team and the youngsters. It’s important to make your country, captain and the board proud,” Shami added.
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The Indian team is currently quarantining in Mumbai hotel and gearing up for their departure to the United Kingdom. The stage is all set for the much-awaited ICC World Test Championship final (WTC), which is set to take place between Virat Kohli-led India and Kane Williamson’s force New Zealand at the Rose Bowl, Southampton on June 18. Followed by a five-match series against England from August 4.
