| Most law changes and technological advancements in the recent past have loaded the game in favour of the batsmen. |
| The left-arm fast bowler, extracting much lift, bowled with hostility to contain the batsmen. |
| So teams can pick seven batsmen and five bowlers or, in India's case, seven batsmen and a wicketkeeper. |
| There's argument over whether he should try to persuade opposing batsmen to walk when he's convinced they're out. |
| It thus becomes important for us to prepare fast and bouncy wickets at home, so that our batsmen get used to these surfaces. |
| Going by statistics we see that he is among the Indian batsmen to score centuries in both the innings. |
