India and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) speedster Deepak Chahar talked concerning the significance of gaining power and mentioned that it helps a quick bowler to realize power and improve tempo. While talking at an occasion of the CSK, Chahar mentioned that when one athlete is enjoying or persevering with their rehab, they’re dropping power, so the season break is the right time for a participant to get well. “When you’re doing rehab – or just playing – you’re not gaining strength. You’re losing the strength of your body. So this is the right time for me or any athlete… when you get one-and-a-half months or two months, you need to gain strength. If you gain strength you increase your pace as well,” Chahar was quoted by ESPNcricinfo as saying.

He added that when a quick bowler is enjoying constantly it will get laborious for them to “do strength training” for which they lose tempo.

Chahar additional added that he has been doing nicely now with each batting and bowling.

“So, yeah, when I played in 2018, I was nearly bowling around 140ks. When you’re playing regularly you don’t get the chance to do strength training and your pace comes down. This is the right time for me to increase my pace. Skill-wise, I’ve obviously been doing well with batting and bowling. So I’m trying to develop a few shots with the bat too, because when you bat at No. 8 or No. 9, you only get to play three-four balls. So you have to utilise those balls with different shots,” he added.

Chahar made his Indian Premier League (IPL) debut within the 2016 season, and following that he has appeared in 73 matches the place he picked up 72 wickets.

In IPL 2023, the 31-year-old bagged 13 wickets in 10 video games and gave the Chennai-based franchise some necessary breakthroughs with the brand new ball. During his previous five-year stint with CSK, Chahar’s efficiency has been constant.

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