'Heavier bats changing way youngsters bat'

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Posted online: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 at 03:10:11
Updated: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 at 03:32:17

New Delhi, March 19: The rapidly changing dynamics of cricket was bringing about some alterations in the way the game is played with various inherent intricacies getting rarer these days, former India coach Greg Chappell said on Wednesday.

The Australian, who is touring various cities of the country on a talent search mission, said the weight of the willow was having a profound impact on the way youngsters played cricket.

“I have seen a predominant tendency among youngsters to use heavier bats which mean they become more of bottom-handed players,” the former Australian captain said.

“This will make them push the ball more rather than hit it.” Chappell has had a look at close to 4,000 aspiring cricketers in the six cities he has visited so far, Jaipur being the final leg to be completed, also expected to see more quality young spinners than he actually did.

“Most of those we saw, interestingly, were left-arm finger spinners. There were very few off-spinners and leg-spinners,” he said.

Chappell and his assistant Ian Frazer, the former bio-mechanist with the Indian team, selected five players from the almost 1,200 they saw at the Jamia Milia Islamia University.

The 24, who will be shortlisted from the seven cities, will undergo a 10-day coaching clinic starting March 21 at an academy in Jaipur under Chappell and Frazer with one of them getting a contract to play in the Rajasthan Royales Indian Premier League side in 2009.

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