Ravichandran Ashwin said former Pakistan spinner Saqlain Mushtaq was the only bowler to bowl the ‘doosra’ ball beautifully. Apart from Saqlain, Ashwin also praised Shoaib Malik.
New Delhi. India’s star spinner Ravichandran Ashwin feels Saqlain Mushtaq was the only spinner to bowl a ‘valid second’ ball during his career. Ashwin wants the ICC to increase the existing 15-degree elbow bend limit to bowl the ‘doosra’ ball. Ashwin spoke in detail about this dangerous delivery of the off-spinners during a discussion with former South African ‘Performance’ analyst Prasanna Agoram. Saqlain started throwing ‘doosra’. Muttiah Muralitharan, Harbhajan Singh and Saeed Ajmal also used to surprise the batsmen with this ball.
In a discussion with Agoram on his Tamil YouTube channel show ‘The Legend of the Doosra’, Ashwin said, “According to me, we should not finish it (Doosra). Rather, the spinners should be able to bowl the second ball responsibly with the proper bend of the elbow. He said, “There should not be any kind of violation in this. Everyone should be allowed to bowl with a turn of minus 15 degrees or 20-22 degrees. “Agoram wants the ICC to increase the elbow bend limit to 15 degrees and also that spinners should bowl the second ball responsibly.
bowlers also got freedom like batsmen
Agoram said, “I want equal balance between bat and ball. Bowlers also need freedom like batsmen. This can improve competition. I want to see bowlers defending a score of 125 runs in T20 cricket, the bottom line is this. Make the elbow bend to 18.6 degrees. If bowlers are allowed to bowl second then competition (between batsmen and bowlers) should be considered. ”
Saqlain-Shoaib praised
Ashwin also said that former Pakistan spinner Saqlain Mushtaq was the only bowler to bowl the ‘doosra’ ball beautifully legitimately. According to him, another spinner to throw a valid second is Shoaib Malik who started concentrating more on his batting.
