The advent of two new balls in an innings in ODI cricket has seen not just the cricketers but also pundits complain of the batsmen being handed an unfair advantage as the idea of reversing the old ball has literally been thrown out of the window. But as they say, where there is a will, there is a way. And the Indian team has found the perfect ‘legal answer to the challenge that the bowlers face.

The Indian players are using the ‘one-bounce' throwing technique from the deep to ensure that the ball get scruffy and loses the shine so that not only can the bowlers get the slower balls to grip on the pitch, but also to get the reverse swing into the game.