Kumble-Ashwin-Jadeja, Chahal-Kuldeep… Started with fast bowling, then how they became spinners, the whole story

New Delhi. India has been a big name in the world of spin bowling. More than four decades ago, the Indian spin quartet – Bishan Singh Bedi, Bhagwat Chandrashekhar, Erapalli Prasanna and S. Venkataraghavan proved to be a problem for the opposition teams. He had expertise in taking wickets by trapping the opposing team’s batsmen in the ‘trap’ of spin. After the disappearance of this spin quartet from international cricket, spinners like Anil Kumble, Harbhajan Singh, R. Ashwin, Venkatapathy Raju, Kuldeep Yadav and Ravindra Jadeja gained a lot of prestige in world cricket and led Team India to many memorable victories.

The interesting thing is that most of these spinners wanted to become fast bowlers at the beginning of their career. Later, due to various reasons, he turned to spin bowling. The amazing feat he achieved by mastering spin bowling through hard work is recorded in golden letters in the record books. Let us take a look at such spinners of the country who wanted to be recognized as fast bowlers…

Kumble was stopped from fast bowling considering him a ‘chacker’

Right-arm wrist spinner Anil Kumble is currently the world’s fourth-ranked bowler in Test cricket. He has 619 wickets in his name in 132 Tests at an average of 29.65. After Muttiah Muralitharan, Shane Warne and James Anderson, he is the highest bowler in Test cricket. ‘Jumbo’ has taken most of the wickets. Even in ODI, Kumble (337 wickets) is the bowler who has taken the most wickets from India, but you will be surprised to know that in the beginning of his career, Kumble wanted to become a fast bowler instead of a spinner. He once told, ‘When I started as a fast bowler at the age of 13, the seniors stopped me from bowling saying that I bend my wrist too much and it is against the rules. At that time the video like There were not many facilities available. When I was told that I could not bowl fast in this manner, I started bowling leg spin.

However, the effect of fast bowling was also visible in Kumble’s spin bowling. The speed of his balls was more than that of a traditional spinner and he was also successful in achieving bounce. Many times, like a fast bowler, he even bowled the opposition batsmen with ‘Yorkers’.

Ashwin became a spinner from a fast bowler on mother’s advice
Off spinner R. The story of Ashwin (Ravichandran Ashwin) is similar to that of Kumble. Ashwin, India’s most successful bowler in Tests after Kumble, started cricket as an opening batsman and fast bowler. He also earned name as a batsman at the junior level. His mother Chitra played an important role in making Ashwin a cricketer. Is. It was Chitra who advised her son to try his hand at spin bowling. Acting on the advice, Ashwin took spin bowling seriously and soon mastered it. Ashwin’s grandfather S Narayanasamy was also interested in cricket. . He also encouraged cricketer Ashwin a lot during his school days. Ashwin’s grandfather passed away in the year 2017 itself. Ashwin has taken 490 wickets in 95 Tests, 156 wickets in 116 ODIs and 72 wickets in 65 T20Is. In IPL, he is a member of Rajasthan Royals, which he joined in the year 2021 for a sum of Rs 5 crore

Kuldeep wanted to become a fast bowler like Akram

Kuldeep Yadav of Kanpur is currently the star spinner of the Indian team. Left arm wrist spinner Kuldeep has also taken two hat-tricks while playing for the Indian senior team. When Kuldeep went for cricket coaching at the age of 10, he wanted to become a fast bowler. Pakistan’s great left-arm fast bowler Wasim Akram was his idol, but coach Kapil Pandey sensed that Kuldeep had the skills to become a good fast bowler. ‘ No. He advised Kuldeep to become a wrist spinner. Following this advice, he worked hard for hours in the nets to hone his bowling and established himself as an excellent ‘Chinaman’ bowler. Today, Kuldeep has become a necessity for the Indian team in shorter format cricket. Facing Kuldeep’s powerful balls in the World Cup 2023 has been a difficult task for the opposition batsmen.

Kuldeep has played for the Kolkata Knight Riders team in the IPL, Akram was associated with this team as a bowling coach. The Indian spinner then told Akram about his desire to become a fast bowler like him. He also said that I thought that if I had not tried spin bowling, I might never have met you. Kuldeep has taken 34 wickets in 8 Tests, 168 wickets in 103 ODIs and 58 wickets in 34 T20Is.

Jadeja wanted to become a fast bowler but his balls had no speed.

Ravindra Jadeja, Ravi Bishnoi, R Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Anil Kumble, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravi Bishnai, wanted to become a fast bowler, became a spinner.

Left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja is currently India’s most successful spinner in Test cricket after Ashwin, but ‘Sir Jadeja’ also started cricket with the dream of becoming a fast bowler. Jadeja had once told in the Star Sports show ‘Stars on Star’, ‘When I started cricket, I wanted to become a fast bowler. I liked watching fast bowlers bowl bouncers and I also wanted to do the same but unfortunately my balls were not bowling well. He did not have the speed. Jaddu soon realized that fast bowling was beyond his control, so he focused on batting and spin bowling and earned a lot of name by becoming an all-rounder. Jadeja has taken 270 wickets in 68 Tests, 220 wickets in 197 ODIs and 53 wickets in 66 T20Is.

Ravi and Chahal’s physique was not like that of a fast bowler.

Ravindra Jadeja, Ravi Bishnoi, R Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Anil Kumble, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravi Bishnai, wanted to become a fast bowler, became a spinner.

The story of Ravi Bishnoi, India’s new sensation in spin bowling, is also similar. Right-arm leg spinner Ravi came into the limelight after his brilliant performance in the 2020 Under-19 World Cup and just about two years later, he joined India’s senior team. Played for. For the last two seasons of IPL, he has been a part of Lucknow Supergiants who have signed him at a high price of Rs 4 crore. Ravi Bishnoi of Rajasthan wanted to become a fast bowler in the beginning of his career, but seeing his height, his coaches Pradyot Singh and Shahrukh Khan Pathan of Jodhpur advised him to become a spinner. Both these coaches put in a lot of effort to sharpen Ravi’s spin bowling and the result is visible. Ravi is being considered as the future bowler of Team India. He has taken 36 wickets in 23 T20Is and one wicket in one ODI.

Like Bishnoi, another right-arm wrist spinner Yuzvendra Chahal also used to bowl medium fast during his school days but after his father’s advice, he started spin bowling. His father has been a university level cricketer. Yuji Chahal is the highest wicket-taker for India in T20I but is currently out of the team in this format.

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