Navdeep Saini The Next Big Thing In Indian Cricket

One would not wish to go overboard as a result of his bowling in a T-20 International against West Indies...

- Partab Ramchand

As one who has witnessed at close quarters the farce that was the Indian opening bowling in the sixties and early seventies, I marvel at the strength and variety of the pace attack these days. There is virtually an embarrassment of riches and some forty-five years ago one would never have thought that the day would come when that phrase could be used to describe the Indian fast bowling scenario. The number of promising young pace bowlers keeps going up and certainly the potency in the fast bowling is one of the reasons why India enjoys a pre-eminent place in international cricket. Also with increasing competition, the bar keeps rising thereby throwing a challenge to other contenders to lift their game to that level. As a result, the pace bowling scenario in the country has never been more encouraging.