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THE HINDU COIMBATORE FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 2019 SPORT 15 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE ‘Indian pace attack as good as any in the world’ Aussie great McGrath says Kohli is aggressive as and player, knows his game and has the respect of his opponents

S. Dipak Ragav Former Australian bowler McGrath happy with Glenn McGrath is currently in the city as part of his regular visits to the MRF Pace Foun­ Foundation’s progress dation which he heads. The pace legend spoke on Sports Reporter and have got potential. the upcoming World Cup, the Chennai So it is about realising quality of Indian pace bow­ Six and half years after that potential. Being fast lers and more. Excerpts: taking over as Director of bowler in India is as hard Were you surprised at how Coaching, Glenn as it gets.” well the Indian fast bowlers McGrath said the MRF Head coach M. Sen­ performed in the Test series in Pace Foundation had one thilnathan added, “Last Australia? of its best years in terms year players like Aniket I wasn’t surprised at all. They of performances of its Choudhary, Avesh Khan, are a quality lot and they were players in the recently Basil Thampi, Sandeep Stuff of fans’ dreams: Dhoni and Kohli were the cynosure exceptional, no doubt about concluded Ranji Trophy Warrier, Ankit Rajpoot, of all eyes at the MAC Stadium on Thursday. * K. PICHUMANI that. hadn’t and other competitions. Mukhtar Hussain all took done well in Australia after his Speaking on Thursday, 35 or more.” first tour but he really McGrath said, “It has McGrath added, “You CSK and RCB get bounced back. Bumrah was been a big learning expe­ saw play exceptional. rience for me to pick up for India and do well in I think they bowled well as from where bits and pieces. So over­ down to brass tacks a unit. They bowled well to left off. I think we are go­ all, I am very happy and left­handers, they had pace, ing pretty well. It has hope to continue that Season opener pits two of India’s control and consistency. been our best year in trend and get a few more biggest stars against each other Is there any area in the Indian quite some time. You get players playing for In­ Legendspeak: Glenn McGrath reckons the IPL will be good for the players’ mindset in the pace bowling that you feel is young guys who are raw dia.” We’ve got most of lead-up to the World Cup. * B. JOTHI RAMALINGAM IPL <> an area of concern? the bases covered In Australia, recently in the How do you see the evolution the Indian pace attack is as lot. He knows his game and their chances (of going the is not huge. It is a different S. Dipak Ragav and it’s just about Test series, there was noth­ good as any in world . of , both as a has the respect of his distance) will be a bit more intensity obviously because Chennai getting the guys to ing. The challenge is now batsman and skipper? opponents. now than what it was at the there are only four overs. Looking ahead to the The 12th edition of the IPL perform about keeping them fit and on He is a class player. By the end start of the series. But it is the travel and World Cup, Bhuvneshwar is couldn’t have asked for a the park. I am a massive fan of of his career, he will be held Your favourites for the stuff. So the players just the swing bowler and he There has been a lot of talk better opening than the bat­ CSK coach Bumrah. The way he goes alongside and Sa­ World Cup? need to know how to recov­ needs to perform well. about workload, especially tle between Chennai Super about it, he is young, keen chin Tendulkar. He is quite ag­ I thought the top­two teams since this is the first time the er well and if they can do der and the star performer Bumrah’s form in the one­ Kings and Royal Challenger and has a great attitude. gressive as a captain and were India and . IPL will be played before a that, they will be fine. in 2018, also had his first sig­ day game has been exception­ Bangalore, thanks to their He has had an incredible player, getting his emotions Since then, England has had World Cup... You want your players to nificant hit. Dhoni, who de­ al. The he bowls at the skippers M.S. Dhoni and Vi­ start to his Test career. It’s in. Earlier, if he was playing a tough time in the West In­ If you can’t get through two have some confidence and livered for CSK during death, with that pace, is so­ rat Kohli. now how you back that up in well, he would be fine but if dies and India had a loss months without getting in­ matches under their belt, crunch times last year, espe­ mething unique. However, on history, the the second year once the he was under the pump and against Australia. So I think jured, then something is not and don’t want them com­ cially in the final overs, rivalry does not hold the players have seen you and I If there is some swing along struggling, he would get car­ the competition is going to right. I think the IPL will be ing into the World Cup with­ spent the longest time in the same edge as the home am looking forward to seeing with the yorkers, he is going ried away. But that’s no more be a bit tighter. Australia’s good preparation, just for out having played for a nets. team has an overwhelming that. With respect to Tests, to be very dangerous. the case as he has matured a confidence will go up and the mindset. The workload month. England all­rounder Da­ record in head­to­head vid Willey is likely to join the meetings, leading 15­7 (one team after the second match No Result) in 23 matches. while Mitchell Santner, and Kallicharran’s story comes alive in the city of his roots No wasting time are expected to arrive on More importantly, RCB has Friday. S. Dinakar not won a game against CSK probing questions from Ram tract if I signed.” With pacer Chennai since 2014, the last victory in an event presented by Kallicharran spoke on the ruled out, the team will coming in their first meeting Alvin Kallicharran was not Sportstar at the Kasturi Srini­ importance of role models need to rely heavily on its lo­ of the 2014 season. Since just about sparkling foot­ vasan Hall, The Music Acade­ and dwelt on the influence of cal fast bowlers in Deepak then, CSK has won six work, immaculate balance, my, here on Thursday. and Garry Chahar, Mohit Sharma and games. Kohli would be des­ wonderful timing and loads Kallicharran was applaud­ Sobers. , who all perate to end the losing of courage. Behind his crick­ ed and cheered on by the bowled with intensity on streak come Saturday. eting achievements is a tale gathering all through the ses­ Greatest cricketers Thursday. The skipper led from the of struggle and sacrifice. He sion and he turned emotion­ #70929 And Sobers and Vivian Ri­ front with an intense train­ However, the advantage has overcome odds, broken al at the end of it all with chards were the greatest ing session just hours after of playing at home means through barriers. tears rolling down his cricketer and batsman he landing in the city on Thurs­ CSK would rely more on its From a childhood of po­ cheeks. “I want to thank the had played with or seen. day afternoon and was one spinners to do the job. verty and hunger in people of Madras for all the Among the Indians, Sunil Ga­ of the few from the RCB — he had 11 siblings and as love and affection they have vaskar was the technically camp to have a long stint in ‘Good to have Mitch’ many as 20 people slept in shown me.” most accomplished bat­ his tiny house — to captain­ the middle. Coach Stephen Fleming had When asked about his ear­ sman. ing the West Indian team, it Mumbai’s Shivam Dube, said on Wednesday, said, ly days, Kallicharran replied Interestingly, Ram had re­ is a story of the triumph of who was bought for ₹5 “Mitch has a good record in he did not have the means to ported on the Test where the spirit. crore, was seen practising the subcontinent and it’s afford a bat. “I would cut a Kallicharran made a brilliant In a riveting conversation his big hitting while Parthiv good to have him. We ob­ piece of wood and use it as a 124, among the greatest in­ with N. Ram, Chairman, The Patel, Milind Kumar and viously missed him last year. bat. Then I would make a nings against spin, on a rain­ Hindu Publishing Group, the , too, spent con­ “We backed our pace wooden ball and roll rubber Trip down memory lane: Alvin Kallicharran and N. Ram share a laugh during their free-wheeling affected pitch against the left­handed great had the au­ siderable time in the mid­ bowlers last year and they bands over it. I would tie the interaction on Thursday. * M. VEDHAN feared Indian spinners in dience captivated with his dle. made the adjustment to ball to a tree and then prac­ Bangalore, 1974. words of immense wisdom Kallicharran replied it was sledged him, but chose to fo­ weto. And the blacks and the , Navdeep Pune. Imran Tahir is in good tise all my shots.” about life in general, cricket­ about fighting racism all his cus on his . coloured were delighted to The Caribbean great ex­ Saini, Yuzvendra Chahal form. ing insight and sense of Kallicharran revealed, life by living through it and Kallicharran led a rebel see us defeating the white changed views with former and Mohammed Siraj were “ is also humour. “When in school I used to not reacting. West Indian team to South South African team,” Kalli­ India leg­spinner V.V. Kumar the bowlers to take the field. there and Harbhajan has come home at night after Along the way, he had to Africa in the early 80s but, charran said. on the importance of picking After a day’s rest on Wed­ loads of experience — we’ve Upcoming book playing and find no food. cope with the Afro­Carib­ despite the criticism, he said Interestingly, Kallicharran a spinner from the hand. nesday, CSK had a three­ got most of the bases co­ It was his 70th birthday and Then I would do menial la­ bean community in Guyana, the trip took top­flight crick­ did not join the Kerry Packer As Ram said, it was an hour session, with Ravindra vered and it’s just about get­ Kallicharran celebrated it in bour to earn money to buy and the whites in the various et to the blacks and the co­ Series. evening to remember with Jadeja having his first train­ ting the guys to perform and the city of his roots, talking hot food.” cricketing nations. He had a loured people like never be­ “I would have signed but this West Indian charmer ing stint after arriving on sticking to our gameplan, about his upcoming book When posed a question run­in with Aussie pace bow­ fore. Warwickshire said they who had “integrity and va­ Tuesday. especially at home,” Flem­ Colour Blind and answering about the title of the book, ling great Dennis Lillee who “We went to areas like So­ would not renew my con­ lues.” , all­roun­ ing had noted. Tough, but not an improbable, ‘Bowl with a brave heart’ task ahead of KXIP Bowling looks fairly good but middle-order vulnerable IPL COUNTDOWN half. When they did not, besides their ‘prized­posses­ Mayank Agarwal, Karun Nair sion’ Varun Chakaravarthy. Rakesh Rao and Mandeep Singh could If Ashwin and Mujeeb can not rise to the challenge. En­ bowl even with the new ball, ings XI Punjab has fin­ gland’s all­rounder Sam Cur­ Varun is seen as the ‘mystery Kished more seasons in ran (base price ₹2 crore) spinner’ capable of unleash­ the cellar than in the joins the squad after Punjab ing 6­7 varieties. After all, playoffs. Take away the 2008 spent ₹7.20 crore to outbid Punjab joined the bid for Va­ run to the semifinals or the Royal Challengers Bangalore run (base prize of ₹20 lakh) narrow loss in the 2014 final, at the auction. at ₹3.60 crore and eventually Punjab’s inconsistency re­ For the team to advance, outbid Mumbai Indians at a mains its only consistent fac­ Australia’s Moises Henriques whopping ₹8.40 crore! Lamichhane. * FILE PHOTO tor. and West Indies’ wicketkeep­ After his impressive show­ Press Trust of India New After leading the table er Nicholas Pooran and the ings in the Tamil Nadu Pre­ with five wins in six league seasoned South African Da­ mier League, this architect­ ’ up­and­ matches last year, Punjab vid Miller will have to prove turned­cricketer served Ta­ coming leg­spinner San­ dramatically crashed to se­ their worth. mil Nadu in Ranji Trophy and deep Lamichhane has re­ ven defeats in the remaining Should some World Cup­ limited­over formats this sea­ ceived advice from the eight and finished seventh. bound players leave the son. Hesson and Ashwin will master of the craft, Shane This year, the team has a squad, Punjab could face have to find a way to get the Warne, who asked him to new coach in Mike Hesson. problems in finding the right best out of the available re­ bowl with a “big and brave He was New Zealand’s coach balance towards the business sources. The bowling looks heart”. when it reached the 2015 end of the league. fairly good but the vulnera­ “I have always admired World Cup final. He replaces Mohammed Shami, Aus­ ble middle­order is the main and idolised . Also out is pre­ tralia’s Andrew Tye and cause of worry for the team’s the most, and fortunately vious season’s mentor Viren­ South Africa’s Hardus Viljoen think­tank. for me, IPL has given me der Sehwag. are the new­ball options. The The team’s biggest pro­ the chance to meet him. Under R. Ashwin, the team expects a lot from them blem will be the lack of qual­ “I met him last season team has a strong top­order, before different kinds of ity replacements if the likes when he gave me certain an uncertain middle­order, a spinners are thrown in. of Gayle, Rahul, Shami, Cur­ tips to improve my bow­ fairly potent new­ball attack ren, Miller are not available ling, which also gave me a and variety among spinners. Mystery spinner in the latter stage of the huge boost in my career. Last year, whenever Chris Led by Ashwin, the spin de­ league or the playoffs. Over­ “The most important Gayle and K. L. Rahul fired at partment has Afghan off­ all, a very tough, but not an advice that he gave me was the top, the team won almost spinner Mujeeb ur Rahman improbable, task ahead of to make sure that I bowl every time during the first and leg­spinner M. Ashwin Punjab to reach the playoffs. with a big and brave heart.” CM M CB-CBE https://t.me/TheHindu_Zone_officialYK https://t.me/TheHindu_Zone_official https://t.me/TheHindu_Zone_official