Who was the most dangerous bowler to throw the fastest ball? Sunil Gavaskar replied
Sunil Gavaskar on Fastest Bowler He Faced: India’s great batsman Sunil Gavaskar faced many dangerous bowlers in his career. Gavaskar was one of the batsmen who used to play a lot of matches of their career without helmets. Even after batting without a helmet, Gavaskar used to play more than one dangerous bowlers without any trouble and scored a lot. At the same time, now Sunil Gavaskar has revealed about the bowler against whom it was no less than a challenge for him to bat. Also, he also told about the bowler whose run up was very long. On the other hand, Gavaskar has also revealed about the bowler throwing the fastest ball of his time.
Andy Roberts the most dangerous bowler
India’s great batsman Sunil Gavaskar, while talking with Ten Sports, has revealed about those dangerous bowlers. When a fan of Gavaskar questioned this, the former Indian captain termed West Indies deadly bowler Andy Roberts as the most dangerous bowler and admitted that it was difficult to bat against Roberts.
Gavaskar said about Roberts, “Roberts were expert in making dangerous balls even with new and old balls. Especially then it was very difficult to face him with a new ball. He had no meaning with the pitch, it was difficult for us how much the bounce on the pitch. How much the pitch would be behaving. We did not know how much it was.
The former Indian captain further said, “See Roberts was such a bowler that he could have dismissed you anytime. Even if you are playing by 70 to 80 runs but even after that Andy Roberts had the ability to dismiss you at that time. That is why I was a very dangerous bowler in my time.
Wes hall was the longest run
Gavaskar said about Roberts that, “He did not even have a long run-up, I remember that at that time there were Wesley Winfield Hall, who was said to be the fastest bowler. The bowler did not see such a long run-up “.
Talking about the career of Andy Roberts – Cricket Player West Indies, this West Indies bowler succeeded in taking 202 wickets in 47 Tests. At the same time, he had 87 wickets in his name in ODIs. In Tests, Roberts succeeded in taking 67 wickets in 14 matches against India. At the same time, Andy Roberts took a total of 37 wickets in India after playing 7 matches.
Jeffry Robert Thomson was the fastest bowler
Sunil Gavaskar described former Australian fast bowler Jeffry Robert Thomson as the fastest bowler of that era. Gavaskar said that in his career, Jeffry Robert Thomson used to see the fastest bowler. He was the fastest bowler at that time. “I played the most against him in Australia. Maybe I could play the fastest ball that I played.”
