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Seam, speed, swing — how Shami, Mayank and Prince are building LSG’s pace pack
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Seam, speed, swing — how Shami, Mayank and Prince are building LSG’s pace pack

The Indian Express·Sriram Veera·24 days ago
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Three bowlers. One powerplay. The seam, the speed, the swing - each doing a different job, each doing it well. (BCCI/Creimas Photo) Three bowlers. One powerplay. The seam, the speed, the swing – each doing a different job, each doing it well. LSG may not be winning. The same can’t be said about the pace pack. Mohammed Shami took the new ball in RCB’s chase . The ball angled in, straightened off the deck; Bethell swung across the line. Prince Yadav held the catch at deep backward point. In the second over, seam-up again, Patidar beaten outside off. “Jis din main bore ho jaaunga – us din main cricket chhod dunga,” (I will quit the day I am bored). Shami had said on Shubhankar Mishra’s YouTube channel a few weeks before this game. “Records uthake dekh lijiye. IPL mein bhi Indian bowlers ke aaspaas ho koi — phir bhi log kehte hain main T20 ka bowler nahi hoon.” (You can check the records – there may not be many Indian bowlers close to me, yet they say I am not a T20 bowler).…

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