Indians may have carried habit of bowling no balls from nets

Chennai, Feb 6 : 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’s first innings in the third Test in Colombo.
This is also the most no balls bowled by any team in Test cricket since Sri Lankans bowled 21 against hosts Bangladesh in the second Test in Chattogram in 2014.
While India won the Colombo Test in 2010 despite the 16 no balls, the result of the ongoing first Test against England is awaited. At close of play on the second day at the MA Chidambaram Stadium here, England scored 555 for eight wickets, and are expected to bat as many overs as possible on Sunday.
India have pressed into service six bowlers so far, and they have bowled 180 overs.
Speedster Jasprit Bumrah and left-arm spinner Shahbaz Nadeem were guilty of bowling the most number of no balls — six each — while seasoned pacer Ishant Sharma has bowled five and experienced off-spinner R Ashwin two.
Ishant was part of bowling attack in the 2010 Colombo Test, in which he had bowled eight no balls, four each in the two innings.