IND vs BAN | Tweaking my bowling grip has helped immensely, attests Umesh Yadav
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Indian pacer Umesh Yadav has hailed that changing his bowling grip has had an immense impact on his bowling performance and its quite evident given his recent exploits. Ishant also revealed that a slight change in his wrist position has helped him land the ball at much better line and length.
The recently concluded historic D/N Test match of India was a complete feast for the Indian pace bowlers as they went on to bag all of the 19 wickets of the Bangladesh side in the encounter. Ishant Sharma and Umesh Yadav were the most successful of the deadly pace trio of India, which includes Mohammed Shami, as they ended up with 9 and 8 wickets respectively.
Yadav, who was included in the side in place of injured Jasprit Bumrah, has delivered to the expectations as he bagged a five wicket haul in the second innings of Bangladesh. Umesh shared that a small tweak in his bowling grip has worked wonders for him.
âTweaking my bowling grip helped immensely. My grip was different earlier so one or two balls will swing while couple of them would either get deflected from the legs or run down the leg side for boundaries as byes, so it was difficult to control in this grip," Yadav revealed during a conversation with India opener Rohit Sharma on bcci.tv.
âSo I spoke to my coaches and also while discussing within ourselves, I felt when I hold the ball properly, I have more control and chances of moving the ball. So my outswinger became consistent and I could also throw in a few inswingers after making that change.â
His partner in crime Ishant also shared how a minor change in his wrist position has helped him deal death blows to batsmen. Ishant, who bagged his 10th fifer in the first innings of the D/N Test, said that the minute change enables him to create difficult angles for the batters, especially the southpaws.
âI created angles in my bowling on the basis of my wrist position. If I come round the wicket to the left-hander, it will be more difficult for the batsman. Before that, I used to bowl but I couldnât get the edge because it would land on off stumps and would go out. Now I bowl at the stumps, so it becomes difficult for the batsman,â shant said.
