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South Africa’s Marco Jansen bowls during the Cricket World Cup match between Pakan and South Africa at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. (PHOTO: PTI)
World Cup: South Africa’s left-arm pacer Marco Jansen could be biggest threat for Indian batsmen
A stocky left-arm net bowler with long strides had the longest spell of the evening. Every Indian batsman would face him, every Indian batsman would ask him to probe a variety of lengths and lines. Virat Kohli instructed him to bowl short and into his body; KL Rahul would tell him to bombard the fifth-sixth stump line. Shubman Gill would request him to bowl from 18-19 yards.
It’s not hard to tell why the left-armer was in demand. Indian batsmen were readying for the toughest test they could face on Sunday, that is the beanpole Marco Jansen. The net bowler was neither as tall nor as quick as Jansen. He was barely getting the ball rear up to the chest or hurry the batsmen.
An hour ago, on the same pitch, Jansen had let it rip. The first ball he bowled kicked up at an awkward height from a good-length area, whizzing past the shoulders of the bemused batsman. In the next half an hour, he would keep the batsman literally on their toes. He would seam the ball into them, make it kick away and then at the end of it, wear the pads again for another hit. The net bowler could conjure none of these devils. (READ MORE)
