{"id":164708,"date":"2026-05-07T18:38:32","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T00:08:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=164708"},"modified":"2026-05-07T18:38:32","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T00:08:32","slug":"ipl-2026-trying-to-teach-young-bowlers-how-to-think-and-read-game-says-kkrs-dwayne-bravo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=164708","title":{"rendered":"IPL 2026: Trying to teach young bowlers how to think and read game, says KKR\u2019s Dwayne Bravo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content-body-70952022\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">Dwayne Bravo has had a recurring request from the young Kolkata Knight Riders bowlers in IPL 2026. It is to be taught the dipping slower ball that the free-spirited 42-year-old mastered during his playing days in the shortest format. Lungi Ngidi, who is part of the Delhi Capitals set-up, is a prominent beneficiary of learning the variation from the former West Indies all-rounder during their erstwhile association with Chennai Super Kings.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEspecially since Lungi talked about it, everyone wants me to teach them that slower ball. Thanks, Lungi,\u201d Bravo said amid a ripple of laughter at the pre-match interaction on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>As mentor of KKR, Bravo\u2019s primary role in the coaching set-up is to work with the bowling group. In addition to helping develop newer skills with the ball, Bravo lays emphasis on the ability to read and understand game-situations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy strength was my ability to read and understand the game. That is what I try to coach more than anything else,\u201d he explained. \u201cThe brain is the most important thing. And that\u2019s what I try to teach the younger bowling group. Because if they are able to think, they will all be better bowlers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Asked about Varun Chakaravarthy\u2019s return to form, Bravo said that a small break due to injury was needed for the spinner to refresh mentally.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVarun just came from the T20 World Cup, which was also a very hectic tournament. The group was very supportive of him and a mental break was also very needed in a tournament like the IPL,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"publish-time\" id=\"end-of-article\">Published on May 07, 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/cricket\/ipl\/dwayne-bravo-mentor-kolkata-knight-riders-role-slower-dipping-ball\/article70952022.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dwayne Bravo has had a recurring request from the young Kolkata Knight Riders bowlers in IPL 2026. It is to be taught the dipping slower ball that the free-spirited 42-year-old mastered during his playing days in the shortest format. Lungi Ngidi, who is part of the Delhi Capitals set-up, is a prominent beneficiary of learning&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":164709,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-164708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/PTI04_25_2026_000460A.jpg","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pgnRh4-GQA","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164708","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=164708"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164708\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/164709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=164708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=164708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=164708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}