Maharashtra Academy of Engineering’s Rishikesh Singh combined seam and leg-spin bowling to take 4 -61 as ILS Law College were all out for 212
Suhrid Barua, Pune Mirror, March 5, 2008
Maharashtra Academy of Engineering, Alandi’s all-seam attack in the Damodar Karandak Inter-College Cricket Tournament has been well documented to be delved into. And on Tuesday, MAE side employed a spinner for the first time. No, he isn’t any regular spinner but medium-pacer Rishikesh Singh, one of the six seamers in the side, who also bowls leg-spin.Rishikesh’s combination of medium-pace and leg-spin bowling panned out to be a boon for the MAE side as the 21-year-old emerged as the pick of the MAE bowlers finishing with 4 for 61 to help his side halt ILS Law College’s first innings at 212 in the final game at the Varroc Vengsarkar Academy ground.
"I normally do bowl a bit of leg-spin on turf wickets but on matting wickets I mainly bowl medium-pace because there is not much purchase for the spinners on matting wickets," explains Rishikesh. "Today we got a turf wicket and I thought of bowling leg-spin and it worked out fine for me." Interestingly, Rishikesh started the day bowling medium-pace but after two overs switched to leg-spin. "I wasn’t get any help from the wicket. So I choose to bowl leg-spin which fetched me rich dividends as I got rid of Anurag Kapur and Babu Shankar.
"Rishikesh not just scalped two wickets off leg-spin bowling, but also added two more with medium-pace towards the fag end of the day and denied a deserving fiver when ILS’s last batsman got run out. I would have been happy to get a five-wicket haul but it’s fine with me, my team has bowled out the opposition for 212 which is more important," Rishikesh added.
"I normally do bowl a bit of leg-spin on turf wickets but on matting wickets I mainly bowl medium-pace because there is not much purchase for the spinners on matting wickets," explains Rishikesh. "Today we got a turf wicket and I thought of bowling leg-spin and it worked out fine for me." Interestingly, Rishikesh started the day bowling medium-pace but after two overs switched to leg-spin. "I wasn’t get any help from the wicket. So I choose to bowl leg-spin which fetched me rich dividends as I got rid of Anurag Kapur and Babu Shankar.
"Rishikesh not just scalped two wickets off leg-spin bowling, but also added two more with medium-pace towards the fag end of the day and denied a deserving fiver when ILS’s last batsman got run out. I would have been happy to get a five-wicket haul but it’s fine with me, my team has bowled out the opposition for 212 which is more important," Rishikesh added.
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