It's not food. It's attitude, cricketing tradition and infrastructure that holds us back. Regardless of diet and what not, we've had strapping lads who have been capable of flinging the rock fast. But who was there to guide them? To show that on a matting wicket movement through the air in the 1st 5-10 overs will get the breakthrough? That on low wickets, skiddy, wicket to wicket lines work best? When club matches start with SLAs bowling the new ball, what's a fast bowler to do? What we need is a dedicated attempt by our clubs and feeder organizations that they will groom faster bowlers. That they'll invest in them. The recent BPL auction was not encouraging in that sense at all.
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