Is India missing a 'genuine' pace bowler in their lineup?

[dhobi_bhai]

Re: Is India missing a 'genuine' pace bowler in their lineup?

@dumloti

Dhobi, When was the last time Indian squad contained a "Genuine Fast Bowler" or GFB ? My cricketing memory is never at par, perhaps are you suggesting after Sri Nath there was no more addition. I used to admire Sri's work in a futile team. He was quite different from rest of the Indian bowling line up. The next exciting thing to happen was the discovery of Irfan Pathan, but he is not considered GFB. Im not sure if Indians are keen about having a GFB.

I was (am still am) one of the many fans of Srinath, back in his heyday (now that I think back, I believe him and Rana can be compared together, as their thinking and mindset seem pretty close). Yes, you are right dumloti, if memory serves me correctly, there is still no prospect of genuine pace bowling, however, there are considerable rumors of Munaf Patel getting a warm introduction into the side shortly down the road. The analysts have judged him "the" pace bowler that they are looking for (perhaps someone will be able to shine more light on this subject).

On another note, I remember watching one of the clips (at one point in test matches, I forgot which one), where there are three (3) different clippings on the screen at one time, all of them showed the Indian bowlers and how they hold the ball in their hand during their run-up. Wasn't Irfan Pathan shown as holding the ball with his thumb almost across the seam, as oppose to being vertical?