IPL 2021 | The stunning success of unsung Indian pacemen

Scenario 1: The batter goes for the shot but the ball arrives later than he expects. The knuckle ball rattles woodwork.To get more news about lives score, you can visit lives-score.com official website.

Scenario 2: The batter lines himself up for the big blow, but the yorker goes under the bat quicker than he anticipates. It’s a well disguised faster delivery.

Scenario 3: The batter, hustled by the heavy ball, goes for the pull but finds the bouncer pacier than he had bargained for. The ball takes the top-edge for a catch. Some other batters succumb to the slow, craftily concealed, short ball.

Pace variations, smart changes in length, exploring different angles and mixing up the yorkers with the hard length balls and the short-pitched deliveries have fired unsung Indian pacemen to stunning success in the ongoing IPL.The 30-year-old Harshal Patel’s story is fascinating. With 23 scalps in 10 games, he is miles ahead of the pack in this edition’s IPL.

He can strike early with his natural outswingers. And he is Virat Kohli’s go-to man at the death with his loopy slower deliveries and the surprisingly quick yorkers.

His ice-cool temperament is a major factor in tense situations. The hat-trick against Mumbai Indians on Sunday was well deserved.

Then we have the 24-year-old Avesh Khan from Madhya Pradesh. His 15 wickets in 10 matches at an economy rate of 7.55 show he can both contain and strike.

This paceman from the MRF Pace Foundation employs his shoulders, hit the bat hard. He also comprehends his release point for his on-target yorkers. And his short-pitched balls have zip.

The 22-year-old Punjab paceman Arshdeep Singh, 13 wickets in eight matches, can outsmart batters in the high-pressure end overs.

He is calm, switches pace and length capably, and brings the left-armer’s angles into play. Arshdeep has roared for Punjab Kings.The yorker outside the off-stump is bowled with precision. He has pace, variety, control, temperament and the ability to bowl in impossible situations like against Punjab Kings the other day.

Prasidh Krishna, quick and potent on his day, and left-armer Chetan Sakariya, a clever customer with a bag of tricks, both MRF products, have already represented India.

India has considerable bench strength in pace bowling. In the land of spin, these pace bowlers can sting.

Kolkata Knight Riders outwit Delhi Capitals by 3 wickets in low-scoring IPL encounter

Chasing 128, Kolkata Knight Riders stuttered but recovered to cross the finish line for an important win as left-handers Nitish Rana and Sunil Narine got it right under pressure to keep Delhi Capitals at bay in their IPL match at Sharjah.To get more news about lives score, you can visit lives-score.com official website.

Tuesday’s three-wicket win kept KKR in the fourth spot. DC, too, retained second place.

The thrust
In the 14th over, when KKR was 76 for four, Rana provided the thrust by hitting two sixes off a Lalit Yadav over that went for 20. Two overs later, Sunil Narine smashed two sixes and a four as Kagiso Rabada was hit for 21 runs.
In a battle within the battle, R. Ashwin made no secret of his joy on scalping Eoin Morgan for a duck after the KKR skipper and the off-spinner were involved in a verbal spat when Delhi batted.

Much before the result was formalised, the KKR bowlers provided the platform.

In control
On a surface where the ball tended to grip a little and did not quite come on to the bat, KKR restricted DC to 127 for eight with a very disciplined display.

Even Rishabh Pant (39) did not look convincing as most DC batsmen fell in their attempts to break the shackles.

Shikhar Dhawan opened with Steve Smith, in for an unfit Prithvi Shaw, but departed after a flashy knock. After regaining the Orange cap with a boundary in the first over, Dhawan tried to bat like Shaw and his over-aggressive approach proved his undoing.

Sunil Narine hit the in-form Shreyas Iyer’s off-stump. Smith, after looking impressive in patches, appeared increasingly tired in the afternoon heat and was finally bowled.

Pant could only watch as wickets fell in a heap. Surprisingly, Venkatesh Iyer cracked DC’s middle order with two quick blows and Narine added another as DC slipped to 92 for six in the 16th over before the 100 was reached in the 17th over.