Zip, zap, zoom! Indian cricket future looks fast and furious
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Total matches The 203-run victory on Tuesday is also India's biggest against Pakistan in ODIS (junior and senior). Senior India's biggest victory over Pakistan is by 140 runs at Dhaka in June, 2008
India U-19's 174-run victory at that Kapil Dev started has now become a full-blown romance. But this is only half the story – the storied past, the incidental present. For once in Indian sports, the other half – the future, looks bright. at 145kph, his deliveries will compare favourably with those that Starc bowls from the other end.
Combined with that will be Mavi’s smooth run up and action culminating in his natural aggression. One of the first words he uttered about his bowling to the media recently bears testimony to his pace’s mentality: “I once hit a batsman on the helmet and the guys who followed were really scared. I was enjoying it.” India one of her greatest captains, Sourav Ganguly. But despite a number of fast medium pacers trying to break into the big league, other than Mohammad Shami (who originally hails from Uttar Pradesh), Bengal has had little to show the country in terms of homegrown fast bowling talent. All that could change with the emergence of 19-year-old Ishan Porel.
At 6’3” Porel is more in the mould of a traditional fast bowler. Travelling several hours a day from his hometown of Chandernagore to Kolkata to play cricket, Porel is a ward of the Utpal Chatterjee Cricket Academy and benefited from the advice of Waqar Younis: “Whatever happens, don’t reduce pace. Swing will come,” he said.