T20 can help youngsters develop their bowling skills: Venkatesh Prasad

By CricketCountry Staff

 

Former India pacer Venkatesh Prasad believes that Twenty20 format can help the youngsters in developing their skills as a bowler.

Venkatesh Prasad said if bowlers take T20 as a challenge they can really do well and succeed © Getty Images

By CricketCountry Staff

Bangalore: Sep 28, 2011

Former India pacer Venkatesh Prasad believes that Twenty20 format can help the youngsters in developing their skills as a bowler.

“I think it’s a great challenge and the bowlers should be looking at these opportunities. People say T20 is a batsman’s game – yes to a large extent. But having said that if you are smart enough as a bowler and if you know what you are doing, you can pick up a lot of wickets,” said Prasad.

“The batsmen are going after the bowling and if you take it up as a challenge you can really do well and succeed,” he added.

Stating the example of Sreenath Aravind, who was the find for RCB in IPL-4, the former India pacer said: “In every game you can see some sort of an improvement in Aravind. He is a very smart bowler. He keeps thinking and he knows his strengths and limitations and he works around it and keeps the batsman guessing.

“That’s what bowling is all about. Even if you are bowling at 150, you need to keep the batsman guessing and that’s when you can produce results.”