Four days with Bharat Arun, one new variation: Shami's SRH payoff
Mohammed Shami worked on a new variation four days before the Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Lucknow Super Giants game, dismissing Abhishek Sharma with it, LSG's spin bowling coach has revealed. Speaking on Wednesday (April 8), a day ahead of their fixture against KKR, Carl Crowe said that Shami worked on the new variation with fast bowling coach Bharat Arun just ahead of their fixture in Hyderabad. The same variation accounted for Abhishek off the final ball of the opening over. The ball, delivered slower and floating outside the off stump, took a thick edge off Abhishek's bat, and travelled to short third-man. The previous ball, Shami had taken out the first slip. "Would you believe Bharat and Shami worked on a new ball four days before the game, and Shami bowled that ball to dismiss Abhishek," Crowe said. He praised Shami for continuing to learn new tricks even late into his career and continuing to be effective, in conjunction with Arun, who has worked with him as India's fast bowling coach as well. "So, I think lots of us out there young cricketers and old cricketers are never too old to learn a new skill," Crowe continued, "and the fact that in four days they learned that new skill, delivered that ball and got Abhishek out, I think it's testament to not only Bharat,