It is long term problem for India that their pace bowlers are not performing. I can say, they are not up to the standard. Pathan is a bowler, who has to work very hard on his bowling. He lost his pace along with ability to swing the ball. He is only giving a nice halfvolleys and slow short balls. He is inviting batsmen to hit him. He relieves pressure on batsmen by giving lot of boundarys in first 15 overs and putting lot of pressure on other bowler and eventually on Dravid.
Indian needs a lethal pace attack. It can be developed. Only thing is guys have work hard on it. Take some 15 potential pace bolwer, including those who are in team to National Pace Academy and ask them to work there hard. They should work there at least a month bofore going to any tournament. Fast bowling is need of our country. Without it we can not win matches. Coach Chappell has to seek advise from Dennis Lillee to make really good fast bowlers. Alternatively, Indian board should appoint a bowling coach for team India.
We all talk about batsmen. Batsmen are not our problem. Once they come to form, they will perform. They need to practice on bouncy and fast pitch in moving conditions.
