Harsha Bhogle- Clash Between Nortje And Jose Butler Drew
Harsha Bhogle says – The clash between Enrique Nortje and Jose Butler drew: IPL 2020. There were two overs in Delhi and Rajasthan that made you stand up and smile and told that T20 cricket is more than what is woven around it.
Harsha Bhogle says that the clashes between Enrique Nortje and Jose Butler. Here a fast bowler was doing the same thing that fast bowlers are known to do and that is to bowl fast.
Nortje was not throwing a slow or wide yorker. He was fast approaching and Butler did not leave any stone unturned to target him. The balls hit by a six and two fours had a speed of close to 150 kmph. Even the fifth ball was thrown at a speed of 156 km.
Even after this, Enrique did not adopt a defensive attitude and aimed to throw the dot ball. He then came running fast and bowled the next ball at a speed of 155 kmph. The ball took a wicket coming out from under Butler’s bat.
Six very fastballs, 16 runs, and one wicket. But more than that, it was a fierce fight between the ball and the bat. Where the ball was looking for the wicket and bat bounded.
The next over was the exact opposite. While Enrique is a tremendously fit athlete, Ashwin is shrewd and a wizard. He bounces the ball in the air, stopping the pace, enticing the batsman. While Enrique bowls at a speed of 150, Ashwin has a speed of 85.
While Nortje bangs the ball on the pitch in such a way that it will crush the surface, Ashwin makes the ball land very smoothly on the pitch, and that too while reading the conditions and the pitch.
This was the reason that veteran Steve Smith came forward to play the shot, but the ball stopped and reached him. With this, a return catch reached Ashwin. This wicket was taken more mindlessly than the pitch.
Fast and furious, clever and thorough. Two very different skills. In this match, we became witness to both these types of bowling within six balls. You bring the bowlers back in this game, this game will become more prosperous again.
Of course, I thoroughly enjoyed AB de Villiers’ brilliant innings as a batsman in another match. But they are the bowlers who provide such beautiful moments. We all get a lesson from this. Never take bowlers out of this game.
