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

#4 Slower bouncer is hard to get away

Rana Naved-ul-Hasan is one of the main architects of the slower bouncer

Rana Naved-ul-Hasan is a player who devised the slower bouncer and the delivery has grown leaps and bounds. In ODIs, where batsmen pre-meditate to demolish bowlers, this delivery comes in handy big time. Batsmen like pace on the ball as it becomes easier for them to time the leather with precision.

The slower bouncer presents ample time for the batsman to get into position, but they have to generate all the pace in order to get the ball to the boundary. Variation in pace is also of prime importance. The delivery becomes more useful if the difference in pace is much lower than the speed of the previous delivery.

For example, if a bowler delivers a 145 kmph thunderbolt and then follows it up with a 120 kmph slower bouncer, the chances of batsmen getting tangled increase to a great extent.