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Akash Deep ticks all boxes as India’s support pace cast

Test bowling is a different challenge. With no pressure of run rate, the batter has time to settle down. Strike bowlers must be able to produce a ball that can breach a tight defence. For the fast bowlers to build a reputation and have the opposition under pressure, they should send the stumps flying, have the batters caught behind or nail them leg before. That’s why there is excitement around the emergence of Bengal pacer Akash Deep.