Former Test cricketer Shoaib Akhtar, while talking about his training to bowl at 100 miles per hour, said that he always bowled at 157 and 158 kilometers per hour.
Shoaib Akhtar said that he had to bowl at the speed of 157 and 158 km per hour but he could not do it at the speed of 160 km per hour.
I tied tires with myself and started running, but the training was slow.
He said that then he started pulling a small car at night in Islamabad but it also seemed less, then he started training to pull the truck about 5 miles.
The former fast bowler said that while exercising, he used to lift double weight of the dumbbells.
Instead of 22-yard pitch, he started bowling on a 26-yard pitch, aiming to bowl fast.
While bowled at 26 yards, I set a target of 150 kmph.
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“I started bowling on the 26-yard pitch with the old torn balls instead of the new ball, I started changing with my body mechanics, after practicing on the 26-yard pitch, my Speed increased on the 22-yard pitch,” he said.
Shoaib Akhtar added that his teammates in the 2003 World Cup were saying that the ball was coming too fast, not to injure the batsmen. I told my teammates that I would break the record of fast bowling in the 2003 World Cup.
It should be noted that former Indian Test cricketer Virender Sehwag declared the bowling action of former fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar of the national cricket team illegal.
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