What's the deal with T20 bowling?

How much does bowling matter in T20s and how does one measure the potency of a bowler in this format? What are the measures of excellence for a T20 bowler?
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Talking Points:

• How does one describe a good T20 bowler?

• Is it possible to separate actions and outcomes for T20 bowling?

• A format that offers the bowlers almost no leverage

• What is the role of bowlers in a contest designed to be between bat and bat?

• Does a great T20 bowler need any particular skills?

• The value of bowlers with unconventional actions

• What Jasprit Bumrah does well in T20s

• Why T20 bowlers can't be viewed in the same way as Test or ODI bowlers

• Can we gauge bowling in T20s before hitting has reached its full potential?

• The future of T20 bowling - and why some rule changes can bring bowlers into the game

• The Harshal Patel problem for T20 bowlers

• Are teams being inefficient when paying huge sums for bowlers?

Participants:
Siddhartha Vaidyanathan (@sidvee ( / sidvee ) )
Mahesh Sethuraman (@cornerd ( / cornerd ) )
Ashoka (@ABVan ( / abvan ) )
Karthikeya Date (@cricketingview) | Substack (cricketingview...) | ESPNcricinfo (www.espncricin...)
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Related:

• Hitting v Batting: the choice that dictates the shape of a T20 contest - 81allout podcast (www.81allout.c...)

• Bowling doesn't really matter in T20 - Kartikeya Date - Cricketingview (cricketingview...)

• Ferociously fast and thrillingly direct: how Mayank went bang, bang, bang - Karthik Krishnaswamy - ESPNcricinfo (www.espncricin...)

• 'If you go searching for wickets in T20, you're playing into the batsman's hand' - Samuel Badree interview by Nagraj Gollapudi - The Cricket Monthly (www.thecricket...)

• ICC recommends ODI rule changes - Cricket Australia (www.cricket.co...)