Why Are Batsmen Favoured Over Bowlers For International Cricket Captaincy?
20 January 2010
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The now retired Anil Kumble and Daniel Vettori are only a handful of bowlers in the history of the game to be skipper of their side. Wkeepers would be considered batsmen in this case, not bowlers. There are a number of good bowlers in international cricket who could have captained their side, but batsmen are usually given the armband.
Furthermore, amongst the bowlers, spinners are usually given captaincy compared to pacemen. Why such tactics?
mostly i think it’s because bowlers would want to bowl themselves in many situations, especially pace bowlers. a batsman would be more objective as to who is bowling well, who is better suited to those conditions or that situation in the match. also, it’s difficult to captain from fine leg, which is where many pace bowlers rest during their spell.
A batsman is only a fielder when opposition bats gets more time to think
A bowler has additional burden of bowling.If he is a fast bowler he will tire easily.Bowling captains have relatively less time to think.
A bowling captain may either overbowl or underbowl himself.
very good question,
but pacemen needs regular Breaks between the matches..
for example :
Zaheer Khan (he is taking the responsibility of field setting)can be a fantastic skipper, but he’ll be left out as soon as India win the series.
i think its a co incidence..
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