New Delhi: As the Indian team released another victory the impossible test in Lord on Monday, the speed attack once again showed why it was the best in the world cricket now.
It’s no secret that Virat Kohli has put an emphasis on forming a quick out-and-out attack since he was assumed to be a full time captain test in 2015.
But the process of building a strong foundation for the Bowlers pool quickly began before it when Bowling coach Bharat Arun worked in Cricket National Academy more than a decade ago.
Finding and Grooming Bowlers speed is one aspect of coaching but ensuring they maintain during the period is a difficult part.
In such a scenario, workload management has become a game-changer that has seen India taking 20 Wickets consistently over the past three years.
“I first started talking about work load management when I was in NCA.
I have read a lot about biomechanics, and I’m sure this is the right way to go about it.
A quick bowler doesn’t happen to very human grains of the body.
For A quick bowl for 15-20 day overs is not something human body is used for.
As a result, you need to give the rest of the body to be able to do the best things consistently.
If you don’t, you will end over-mobilizing and that the power causes injury and stress, “Arun as quoted in the Mission Domination book written by Boria Majumdar and Kushan Sarkar was published by Simon Schuster.
Workload management ideas are not easy to introduce into the Indian cricket system.
“We have conducted detailed studies and have presented our findings for Sanjay Jagdale, then Secretary BCCI.
Jagdale, I have said, very enthusiastic and has bought into our theory.
He has offered full support and asked us to go ahead and implement a plan it.
However, he left in a few months and the project was changed to a non-starter.
While in the NCA we realized that it was very difficult to get every stakeholder in the BCCI to agree and come on the same platform, and unless everyone agrees, you do not Will never get an offs on a project like this, “Arun added.
“Things changed when I was appointed by bowling coach from the national team.
Ravi (Shastri) was head coach and when we presented our plan to Ravi and asked for his support, it all fell in place.
Ravi was sure and said to us clearly that as a coach of the national team India told us to map a road map for Indian cricket.
No bureaucracy can delay things, and we are empowered to make a decision.
He also reminds us that with the power of coming accountability.
Whatever we do, we are needed to be responsible for action We, for that can affect the future of Indian cricket.
” Now it’s time for senior bowlers to come around.
Ishant Sharma has played six years of international cricket.
It’s a big arun test.
“I remember going to Ishant and told him that for years he followed what he believed.
What I want him to do is follow me for a few days.
If things don’t work it can be very well back to do what he knows the best .
Ishant could see it was not coercion.
Instead, it was a reasonable request and he did not find the reason not to try what we suggested.
In a few days he bought it to the idea.
He came to me and said he felt much more fresh and Energetic went to the match if he was not fascinated a lot the day before.
It is a big breakthrough to have a senior bowler you agree with what you have envisaging for a while.
In a few months each Bowlers have agreed to management workload and if you leave And asking for each of them, they will tell you it is their Bible, “Arun said.