IND vs ENG: Indians May Have Carried Habit Of Bowling No Balls From Nets

The 19 no-balls that Indians have bowled so far in England's first innings of the first Test here were the most by the team in 10 years. In 2010, the Indians had bowled 16 no balls in Sri Lanka

"One of my wards, a pacer, used to bowl lots of no-balls in nets. When I would point it out to him, he would say he doesn't do that in matches. But when I accompanied the Delhi under-19 team to Lucknow for a Cooch Behar Trophy match in the early 1980s, his first 18 balls were no balls. I was forced to send a message to him to stand at the crease and complete the over," recalled the 85-year-old coach.

Singh stressed that the no-ball problem should be corrected in the nets itself. "I corrected Maninder Singh [former India left-arm spinner] in the nets, and he later rectified the same problem that a Pakistani bowler was confronting some time ago," he said.

In Chennai, Nadeem cited a technical reason for bowling six no balls in 44 overs.

"I feel I am jumping a bit late. I should be jumping well before the crease but I think I am jumping a bit late. That is why the problem existed. Yesterday [Friday], it was more; today it was a bit less. [I am] planning to work on that in the nets," Nadeem said after the second day's play at the MA Chidambaram Stadium.

Nadeem, however, had the consolation of dismissing England captain Joe Root towards the end of play on Saturday. He led the way with his second double century in his last three Tests, superb 218 in England's 555/8 wickets at stumps on the second day.