5 Indian fast bowlers who wreaked havoc on New Zealand soil


In the cricket world, whenever it comes to the world’s most challenging and pacer-friendly foreign tours, the name of New Zealand’s lush green and swinging pitches is taken first. Seam movement, strong winds and bouncy pitches in this beautiful country of the Southern Hemisphere have always been a nightmare for openers and batsmen around the world. In such difficult conditions, India’s legendary fast bowlers have time and again created history with their bowling, defeating the host team’s batsmen. Recently, the brilliant performance of young Indian bowlers in the home or series conditions of New Zealand has once again created a stir in the cricket circles. In the list of experienced and veteran players, new and young fast bowlers have also started making their mark, due to which the future of the Indian bowling attack looks very safe and aggressive.

Recently, a shocking and sensational change has been seen in this special list of Indian fast bowlers who have bowled lethally on New Zealand soil. Young fast bowler Gurnoor Brar, known for his lethal pace and accurate line-laying, has created a stir with his dangerous bowling and has left behind the record of Team India’s experienced star pacer Mohammed Shami. Cricket pundits believe that showing such control and aggression on tricky pitches like Kiwi conditions at such a young age is a huge achievement for any young bowler. Gurnoor Brar, with his pace, did not give the Kiwi batsmen a chance to play freely and proved his ability by taking wickets at important junctures. After his brilliant performance, his name is being discussed in full swing in the domestic and international cricket circuit and he is being considered a big match winner of the future.

The list of bowlers who have shown amazing performance on New Zealand’s tracks and swing conditions includes Jasprit Bumrah, Ishant Sharma, S. The names of great Indian bowlers like Sreesanth and Zaheer Khan are also recorded in golden letters. On different tours of the year, these bowlers had forced the New Zealand batsmen to kneel on the strength of their excellent swing and seam bowling. Be it the strong winds of Basin Reserve or the bouncy pitches of Hagley Oval, Indian fast bowlers have always proved that they can spread their bowling magic not only on the spin-friendly wickets of the subcontinent but also on the hard and green pitches of foreign soil. Now with the inclusion of young fast bowlers like Gurnoor Brar in this elite list, it has become clear that the pace battery department of Indian cricket is going to prove to be more dangerous for the teams around the world in the coming times.