The Indian Cricket Board has decided to unearth some hidden bowling talents from the country. The world’s richest cricket board has decided to organise a nationwide talent hunt programme to find young pace bowlers who can represent India in the future. In the recently concluded Apex Council Meeting, this decision was taken after consulting with NCA chief VVS Laxman and other stakeholders.
It’s worth noting that the Indian Cricket Board is looking for talented bowlers ageed 18–21 to groom. This measure has been taken to boost India’s bench strength in bowling since a shortage of top-tier bowlers has been a key problem for the country. One of the biggest aspects of the selection would be fitness level, as the board is looking to improve fitness standards in the Indian team.
“It was felt that we need to have bench strength in the bowling department to win Tests, hence the need for this move, the Times Of India quoted a source as saying. “A couple of players in the Indian women’s team were dropped for the Bangladesh tour as they failed to fulfil the fitness criteria. The Board is going to be strict on that front,” he further added.
India is lagging behind with fast bowlers
The lack of quality fast bowlers has been one of the biggest concerns for the Indian team in the last few years. India currently has a pool of 7-8 fast bowlers who are being rotated on a regular basis. Apart from these, India lacks quality pacers in domestic cricket. Young talents like T. Natrajan, Shivam Mavi, and Kamlesh Nagarkoti have been injury-prone.
Meanwhile, senior players like Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Jasprit Bumrah are also running out of the game due to recurring injuries. Players like Ishant Sharma are no longer in contention. Keeping these things in mind, the Indian Cricket Board is looking to generate a pool of talent that can fill the shoes of these players in the upcoming years. Fans and cricket pundits are also supporting the board’s decision and are excited about the upcoming talents.
Here is how fans react to the decision to organise a talent hunt:
What about the MRF pace academy Chennai ? What's it doing ?
— Harsh Tegta (@imharshtegta) July 10, 2023
Bowlers are running with MRF tyres. pic.twitter.com/sWK824nlKe
— Sunderdeep – Volklub (@volklub) July 10, 2023
Much needed step. Even Bangladesh and Zimbabwe have bigger stronger seamers than us. Shameful tbh.
Prasidh Krishna, Umran Malik and Kartik Tyagi have a lot of potential. We need to work on their Conditioning.
— Indian Tintin (@IndianTintin_) July 10, 2023
When can they launch a nation wide talent hunt to find Secretary
— D (@Deb_livnletliv) July 10, 2023
haha loan pe le lain pakistan se no issue ?
— Ahmad Raza ?? (@AhmaddRazza) July 10, 2023
Have been reading this from 90s , go into Hilly areas , North East as well as places like Andaman to discover some super quick bowlers . We all got excited and fell for it ??
— Chota Babar (@SambarofCricket) July 10, 2023
Finally.. I can play for India ??
— Yashwanth Yashu (@14491Yashu) July 10, 2023
Priority should be to unearth atleast 5-6 young left arm pacers who can develop and then maybe 1-2 can represent the country at some stage.
— Viraj Chitroda (@viraj_chitroda) July 10, 2023
That’s the situation right now in India without Virat Kohli as Test captain. Agar woh captain hotha tho ye karna bhi nahi rehtha tha.
— Rahul Singh (@RahulSinggghhh) July 10, 2023
We are back in 90s aur what!!
— Gagan Chawla (@toecrushrzzz) July 10, 2023
Nice Move by @BCCI
Once Jagmohan Dalmia initiate talent hunt and as a result we see @msdhoni and @ImRaina in Team India…— Abhinav Rai (@ErAbhinavRai_) July 10, 2023
If bcci had implemented this scheme for batters some years ago, I would have atleast played IPL ?????? pic.twitter.com/lt511kleIO
— Aadi ?? (@divine_aadi) July 10, 2023
They'll definitely find some but Lord Umesh will be back for the most vital overseas tours
— AB Malik (@historylover786) July 10, 2023
What about training, nurturing, giving enough match practice to these fast bowlers?:
1. Umran Malik
2. Akash deep
3. Vijaykumar vyshak
4. Karthik tyagi
5. Shivam Mavi
6. Mohsin Khan
7. Harshit Rana
8. Yash Thakur
9. Khaleel Ahmed
10. Tushar Deshpande
11. Mukesh Kumar— Just4Cricket (@GodLightTruth) July 10, 2023
If there is no politics in hunting or selecting,then we'll discover many talents ?
— durga prasad (@durgaprasad2314) July 10, 2023
