T20 is a lesson for bowlers, says Venkatesh Prasad

Twenty20 may be regarded as a batsman’s game, but Venkatesh Prasad believes that this format can also help the youngsters in developing their skills as a bowler. “I think it’s a great challenge and the bowlers should be looking at these opportunities. People say T20 is a batsman’s game - yes to a large extent. But having said that if you are smart enough as a bowler and if you know what you are doing, you can pick up a lot of wickets,” said Prasad.

“The batsmen are going after the bowling and if you take it up as a challenge you can really do well and succeed,” he added pointing out that bowlers will develop variety in this format.
Giving the example of S Aravind, who was the find for RCB in IPL-4, the former India pacer said, “In every game you can see some sort of an improvement in Aravind. He is a very smart bowler. He keeps thinking and he knows his strengths and limitations and he works around it and keeps the batsman guessing.” The Royal Challengers Bangalore’s bowling coach added, “That’s what bowling is all about. Even if you are bowling at 150, you need to keep the batsman guessing and that’s when you can produce results.”

Meanwhile, after losing their opening encounter to Warriors off the last ball, RCB are now concentrating on their fielding, which was one of the main causes for that loss. “. That’s (the loss to Warriors) behind. We are concentrating on our fielding,” said Prasad. “The boys are putting in lot of effort in the nets, so I don’t see why we can’t field well. There is lot of confidence in the team and they are backing one another and it’s just in those crucial points that we need to take those catches and make the difference,” he added.