New Delhi: For Good luckThe key moment of his development as a T20 bowler came not on the international stage but during the formative years of the IPL Nets.Push boundaries with our YouTube channel. Subscribe now!2018 season with chennai super kings He was offered limited game time, but it proved crucial. Long-term companion training Dwayne BravoNgidi worked extensively on his slower deliveries – a skill that later became a defining feature of his T20 bowling.
Ngidi impressively took 0 for 15 from four overs, including 10 dot balls, against India in the T20 World Cup on Sunday. He again relies on subtle changes and clever changes of pace, often alternating between a wide yorker and a cut-in player. india captain Suryakumar Yadav I have difficulty reading his work, often being prepared for deviations from expectations, only to be surprised by variations.Recalling his transformation, Ngidi said: “Like I have always said, I played in the IPL with Bravo in 2018 and the whole IPL was all I did. I didn’t play so I had time to practice. Then when I came back to South Africa I just tried to perfect that ball. “He acknowledges that mastering change requires patience.“Whether it’s a slow-ball yorker, a long-ball backer or a slow-ball bouncer. So there are three different lengths of the same ball. I guess you have to guess which one is going to be next,” he said.Ngidi believes it is to his advantage to keep a low profile.“I guess just kind of flew under the radar. So not a lot of people paid attention to me. But I guess it helped that I was able to deal with all these changes,” he said.Elaborating on his strategy against India, he added, “Then tonight, I used my leg cutter because I knew they were obviously probably just preparing for an off-line cutter. I could see Surya getting ready as well, trying to lift it over the leg side.“So just to show him something different and keep him guessing. That seems to be working pretty well.”For Ngidi, the focus is on pressure rather than wickets.“But I thought just looking at the scoreboard and seeing where they were, I knew what I had to do. It was a lot better than trying to be greedy and put my name in the wicket column, which was a pressure. So, yeah, using that strategy, I think it worked well tonight,” he said.He feels that the slower ball gives him an advantage in modern T20 cricket.“But I think the slower pitches gave me the upper hand because the batsman couldn’t just swing every ball. We’ve seen that a little bit with Game of Thrones. So once you have to think about it, I guess that’s where I step into the game. “Ultimately, Ngidi’s goal was to create doubt.“Once you start revisiting your options, I think that’s what bowlers really want in the end.“Then all of a sudden, once the pressure was on, I didn’t think they had an answer for what I was going to offer next. So, no one was really considering me, which was to my advantage,” Ngidi added.
