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How long can Praveen last?

One of the bright spots for India on their tour of England so far has been the bowling of Praveen Kumar

Akhila Ranganna
Akhila Ranganna
25-Feb-2013
One of the bright spots for India on their tour of England so far has been the bowling of Praveen Kumar. But while he has been enormous fun to watch, a bowler of high skill, Mike Selvey writes that you cannot see him lasting. More from the Guardian.
Disguise is paramount, and, as yet, the England batsmen, while negating Kumar to some extent by standing down the pitch (a more competent stumper than MS Dhoni would stop that soon enough), appear not yet to have broken the code of which way he is going to move the ball. Kumar does not noticeably telegraph his intention by a change of action which some, in going from side on to more open, do. Nor is there a discernibly different grip. Instead it comes from the wrist action: he works the ball as if attempting to force it round an obstacle mid-pitch.

Akhila Ranganna is assistant editor (Audio) at ESPNcricinfo