5 Reasons why the bouncer is still relevant in ODI’s

#2 Tail-enders don’t like the chin music

It’s better to make the tail-enders experience the smell of the leather

Often, teams are seven or eight down in the dying stages of an innings in an ODI. In such a situation, tail-enders are either required to play out the full quota of 50 overs or get their team over the winning line. It’s instinctive of number 9, 10 and 11 to spank everything out of the park.

Tailenders always look for full pitched deliveries to pick the bones out of the leather, but what they don’t like is the ball whistling past their nose. The fact that they aren’t specialised batsmen makes them vulnerable to short-pitched bowling.

With the help of bouncers, bowlers can push them back and sneak in yorkers to either get them bowled or trap them dead in front of the stumps. Apart from picking up wickets, it keeps the run-rate down, much to the delight of the fielding unit.