Melbourne: Shaheen Shah Afridi is one of the best white-ball bowlers in the world and cricketer Sachin Tendulkar says that if Indian batsmen can attack against this talented Pakistani left-arm fast bowler If you want to do that, they have to try to play it ‘straight’.
Tendulkar has played a lot of limited overs cricket against Pakistan’s Wasim Akram who is one of the greatest left-arm fast bowlers of all time. When Tendulkar was asked if he had played against a bowler of talent like Shaheen during his playing days, he laughed and said, “I haven’t given my attention like that because I know I won’t face him.”
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But he shared his thoughts saying, “Shaheen is an aggressive bowler and he is always trying to take wickets. He ‘pitches’ the ball and swings the ball. He has the ability to get the bowler out. So the strategy against him should be to play him inside the ‘straight’ and ‘V’. ,
Tendulkar cautioned that if a batsman makes a ‘trigger movement’, it is not necessary that the batsman should show commitment to play the shot. There is no commitment to play the shot. If you are not showing the commitment to play the ball, it can be on the front-foot or the back-foot, but it is a ‘trigger movement’ not a commitment.”
Tendulkar said, “Because once you’re on the back foot, you can’t get on the front foot. If you come on the front foot, you cannot come on the back foot. Trigger movement is about preparation.” “Every ball will have some kind of movement and as long as there is no commitment, it is fine,” he said. Teams of India and Pakistan will start their T20 World Cup campaign against each other here on Sunday.(Agency)