Duleep Trophy | Gurnoor goes old school: the more you bowl, the stronger you become
Fast bowler Gurnoor Brar is making waves in the Duleep Trophy with his high-intensity performance for North Zone. He emphasizes the importance of physical endurance and maintaining pace, rejecting the trend of protecting bowlers from heavy workloads.
Why it matters
It highlights a shift in training philosophy for Indian fast bowlers, prioritizing durability and high-load capacity over injury-prevention restrictions.
At a time when fast bowlers in India are being wrapped in cotton wool, Gurnoor Brar appears to be cut from a different cloth.
The tall Punjab and North Zone pacer , who has been fast-tracked into the India ODI and Test set-up, is neither averse to operating for long periods on unhelpful wickets nor holds himself back from bowling at high pace.
South Zone weathered a blistering early morning bowling effort from India pacer Gurnoor Brar (four for 70) to finish day two of the Duleep Trophy semifinal 90 runs in the green at the BCCI Centre of Excellence here on Monday. ✍️ @sudunarayan https://t.co/bRwq2JxQOX
“It is very important to have a good mindset,” Gurnoor told reporters at the BCCI Centre of Excellence here, where he took four wickets for 88 runs against South Zone in the Duleep Trophy semifinal on a largely sedate pitch.
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