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Mumbai, April 29: Former India pacer Zaheer Khan on Wednesday attributed the bowlers’ steadily improving outings against marauding batters in the IPL 2026 to their aggressive mindset and putting in place right strategies.
Amidst the general bashing the batters meted out to bowlers, the likes of Akeal Hosein (4/17), Mohsin Khan (5/23), Josh Hazlewood (4/12) and Bhuvneshwar Kumar (3/5) have made strong impression across the last week or so.
“I’m very happy to see that bowlers are coming back in a tournament like IPL right now. You’ve seen some low scores. You’ve seen 155 (-run) games also being defended (and) you’ve seen (a) team getting all out for 76,” Zaheer told reporters on the sidelines of the jersey launch event of the EUT20 Belgium, which starts on June 6.
“I think aggression and the right kind of approach are working out (for bowlers). The teams (that) are having good balance in bowling, are making that impact in this tournament,” he added.Zaheer, however, did not read much into Jasprit Bumrah’s form in this IPL where he has only two wickets to show in seven matches.“That’s the kind of season he’s having. As a bowler, you can go through these phases,” Zaheer said. (PTI)
