‘Bigger boundaries, more prominent ball seam’
Updated On: 17 May, 2024 06:26 AM IST | New Delhi | PTI
“For a start, you could move the dugout into the stands. I know you’ll lose a few seats but so be it. Then the other aspect is to look at the white ball to have a slightly more pronounced seam so that there’s a bit more movement
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Anil Kumble
If the game of cricket remains tilted heavily in the favour of batters, not many youngsters would be lining up to start bowling in a couple of years, fears spin great Anil Kumble, who advocated the need to have biger boundaries at IPL venues and the use of a more pronounced seam to restore the balance between bat and ball.
The score of 250 has been breached as many as eight times this season with shorter boundaries, flat pitches and Impact Player rule aiding the batting side. Like the great Sunil Gavaskar, Kumble also feels that keeping the maximum possible boundary length is need of the hour.
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