"WHY BOWLERS STRUGGLE IN THIS FORMAT IS...": CHENNAI BOWLING COACH DJ BRAVO OPENS UP ON IMPORTANCE OF YORKERS

Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], April 23 (ANI): Ahead of his side's Indian Premier League (IPL) clash with Lucknow Super Giants (LSG), Chennai Super Kings (CSK) bowling coach Dwayne Bravo opened up on the importance of yorkers, some of his favourite pacers in the franchise and how the team focuses on being the 'smartest bowling team' in the competition.

CSK will be locking horns with LSG at Chennai's Chepauk Stadium on Tuesday, with the five-time champions currently at fourth place with four wins and three losses, aggregating a total of eight points. They had lost to LSG by eight wickets in their previous match on Friday at Lucknow on April 19. LSG is at the fifth spot in the table with the same win-loss and points, but they have a lower net run rate.

Speaking in a video posted on the official X handle of the Indian Premier League (IPL), Bravo said yorker is the most important delivery for a pacer and one cannot survive for long without it. He pointed out that some of the most successful bowlers in T20 cricket, including himself, Jasprit Bumrah, Lasith Malinga, Matheesha Pathirana among many, regularly use yorkers and their various variations.

"You cannot last long without a yorker. If you look at players, who have had most of the success in T20 cricket, Lasith Malinga, Bumrah or Pathirana, myself when I played, we had a similar plan, try to bowl as many yorkers as possible, with our variations," said Pathirana.