Mind game?
Yesterday's Indo-Pak match in the champions trophy certainly didn't go India's way, but there seemed to be a good revelation on a rather debatable issue there. The mindset of a batsman during the match. Some of the Pak bowlers overstepped like crazy and I guess I saw about 6 free hits in the match(I watched only till Virat Kohli got out). Of these, five were dispatched to the fence while one was a dot ball. It wasn't that the free hit balls were bad deliveries. They were just super shots. Gambhir picked one from good length and skied it for six. One more he pulled for maximum runs. Jammy (even Jammy damn it!) sent one to the mid wicket fence, etc... Strange how the absence of the fear of failure can bring out the best from a batsman. Can't this fear be avoided in normal circumstances? Why are there millions of balls left outside off stump when the same are connected to perfection during free hits? Got a match in a while. I am out to explore this feeling now. Hadn