A smile before starting his run up worked for him in the Big Bash League, where he ended up as the leading wicket-taker.
Punjab Kings’ Jhye Richardson
The T20 format can be unforgiving for the bowlers and Australian pacer Jhye Richardson plans to deal with high pressure situations in his maiden IPL with a “smile” before his delivery stride. A smile before starting his run up worked for him in the Big Bash League, where he ended up as the leading wicket-taker.
Richardson, 24, was bought for a whopping Rs 14 crore by Punjab Kings at the IPL auction. The pressure of a huge price tag is bound to be there but Richardson is feeling a lot better after a candid chat with head coach Anil Kumble. “I put pressure on myself [thinking about the price tag]. But I had a good conversation with Anil yesterday [on Thursday], and he said, you know, ‘we didn’t pick you up for the price tag we just picked you up for your services and what you do on the field’.
“For me, that was really important to hear, to know that the coach has picked me up for a reason. So for me, now it’s not to worry about the price tag. I know all that coach wants from me is to perform my best and back myself whether it’s opening the bowling or hit some runs in the lower order.”
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