Giving a wierd logic, Pakistan’s former skipper Shahid Afridi has mentioned that taking part in the Indian Premier League (IPL) and consuming meat is the explanation behind their improved efficiency.
Afridi, 43, was speaking on an area sports activities present when he was requested concerning the motive why Indian cricket has not solely modified however the nation, which is thought for producing nice batters, has now began to make nice bowlers as properly.
“India has an enormous 1.four billion inhabitants, and the standard of cricket has modified [over the years]. Again then we used to say that they’re producing nice batters whereas Pakistan is creating good bowlers, however that was not the case as we had been producing each bowlers and batters,” Afridi mentioned.
“Nonetheless, their bowlers have now began consuming meat, so that they have gained energy,” he chuckled.
Afridi, who captained the Inexperienced Shirts within the 2011 World Cup, credited IPL and former captains like Sourav Ganguly, MS Dhoni and others for bettering the standard of cricket in India.
“First Sourav Ganguly made so many adjustments throughout his captaincy after which the best way MS Dhoni carried all of the seniors with him. They [BCCI] invested in the proper place.
“They improved their grassroots degree cricket by giving your entire home system to a participant like Rahul Dravid, who is aware of what the children [domestic players] want to achieve the highest. They labored arduous, and now they carry on producing skills. If India need, they will create two groups now,” Afridi added.
Through the years, India had not produced nice quick bowlers however the development has modified as, simply in the previous couple of years, skills like Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammad Siraj emerged as two of one of the best pacers on the earth.
“They invested on the proper place and now the individuals of India are diverting their consideration in the direction of it [bowling]. They constructed camps and the expertise is coming.”
It have to be famous that Siraj is ranked the primary bowler in One Day Internationals (ODIs). He was additionally the one who powered India to a one-sided victory within the Asia Cup 2023 closing towards Sri Lanka by recording his career-best figures of 6-21.