Rajasthan Royals pacer Varun Aaron credited his county stint for his improvement as a bowler, following his team’s three-wicket win over Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL here.
Varun Aaron
Kolkata:
Aaron took full advantage of the Eden green-top and delivered a beauty to clean up Gill with a knuckle-ball that sharply cut back in. “I used to rely on my outswing a lot before. But last year, I played county cricket and did work on my inswing which is really handy. On wickets like these you can’t get give much of room. So there’s no point bowling outswing at my pace,” the 29-year-old said.
Aaron said he would be returning to county cricket. “I’m looking forward to going and playing in county cricket after the IPL. I really enjoyed my time. I don’t really know which team will need a fast bowler since I’m going to join mid-season. It all depends on availability of the current players and their fitness and form.”
All-praise for the Eden wicket, Aaron stated it was a very good cricketing surface. “The wicket definitely had something for everybody, not just me. I was looking forward to bowling here because it had more bounce than the other wickets. Since we won the toss and chose to bowl, we knew there would be a little seam movement up front. I always love bowling at Eden and it is one of my favourite places to bowl and it has a value-for-shot outfield.”
In an excellent new-ball spell of 3-1-10-2, Aaron removed both KKR openers -- Chris Lynn (0) and Shubman Gill (14) -- with in-swinging deliveries. “I’ve always bowled inswing but it’s coming off a lot better after my county stint,” said Aaron, who was not bought by any team in IPL 2018 and went on to play county cricket with Leicestershire.
Aaron took full advantage of the Eden green-top and delivered a beauty to clean up Gill with a knuckle-ball that sharply cut back in. “I used to rely on my outswing a lot before. But last year, I played county cricket and did work on my inswing which is really handy. On wickets like these you can’t get give much of room. So there’s no point bowling outswing at my pace,” the 29-year-old said.
Aaron said he would be returning to county cricket. “I’m looking forward to going and playing in county cricket after the IPL. I really enjoyed my time. I don’t really know which team will need a fast bowler since I’m going to join mid-season. It all depends on availability of the current players and their fitness and form.”
All-praise for the Eden wicket, Aaron stated it was a very good cricketing surface. “The wicket definitely had something for everybody, not just me. I was looking forward to bowling here because it had more bounce than the other wickets. Since we won the toss and chose to bowl, we knew there would be a little seam movement up front. I always love bowling at Eden and it is one of my favourite places to bowl and it has a value-for-shot outfield.”