Aaron and Yadav need to bowl fast and be accurate: Arun

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Press Trust of India Colombo
Last Updated : Aug 05 2015 | 3:48 PM IST
Indian bowling coach Bharat Arun is confident that the team's speed merchants Varun Aaron and Umesh Yadav will take up the challenge to "maintain speed as well as be accurate" in the upcoming three-Test series against Sri Lanka starting August 12 at Galle.
Asked if India's fast men need to sacrifice a bit of pace in order to be more accurate, Arun said, "Sacrificing pace, I would not definitely want. I believe it is a wrong concept that people who generally bowl fast are erratic. It's about efficient action and thought process, you can be fast as well as accurate. So the challenge for these two (Aaron and Umesh) would be to not compromise on speed and be a lot more accurate."
The former Tamil Nadu seamer also seemed excited about Bhuvneshwar Kumar "rediscovering himself" after a lean patch.
When queried about what went wrong with Bhuvneshwar, the bowling coach said, "There were no problems as such. Just that he used to bring the ball back in (to the left handers) and he was having trouble with that. Question was the release point. He worked pretty hard and that made a huge difference as he could again bring the ball back in. That made him a potent force."
Arun also seemed ecstatic about the current bowling group, terming it as one with "great potential".
"There is great potential in our fast bowling unit. We have couple of bowlers, who can clock 145 plus on a consistent basis. We have Ishant (Sharma) who is pretty experienced and can extract the bounce off the wicket.
"Of late, Ishant has been pretty consistent. That's a very encouraging fact. We have variety with someone who can move and seam the ball, someone who can extract bounce and couple, who can clock 145 plus. Gives us enough variety to battle any conditions.
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First Published: Aug 05 2015 | 3:48 PM IST

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