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It is one of cricket’s most enthralling and exhilarating spectacles. The sight of a bowler charging in from a long run to hurl a hard ball as fast as humanly possible at the batter. From the moment ...

The swashbuckling Abhishek Sharma is tearing bowling attacks to shreds these days, but behind his explosive stroke play lie years of hard work — including facing balls hurled at 150 kmph as a ...