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Yuzvendra Chahal has built a reputation of being an efficient T20 bowler in the IPL, but making Haryanas first XI in the Ranji Trophy was a struggle until recently. He debuted in 2009, but its only now that hes finally getting game time, because the sides two frontline spinners - Amit Mishra and Jayant Yadav - are away on national duty. The legspinner has grabbed the opportunity and is currently the third highest-wicket taker in the tournament with 26 scalps.The responsibility of being the frontline spinner is a good thing because I was mostly branded as a one-day and T20 bowler, he tells ESPNcricinfo. It was challenging at the start, but there was a lot of self-belief because I have done well from the IPL (he was Royal Challengers Bangalores highest wicket-taker this season) to the Zimbabwe tour with the Indian team. The confidence that comes with playing for India shows in your performance. It is also satisfying to deliver for your captain, coach and the team in the absence of our two big spinners.At the IPL, Chahal has largely been used as an attacking option by Virat Kohli, and he has delivered most times. At the domestic level, however, his challenges have been to remain consistent through the course of long spells, something he hasnt been used to, but has learnt on the job. Former India legspinner Laxman Sivaramakrishnan said on commentary recently that Chahal was among the countrys best legspinners, and praised Chahal for not overdoing his variations. Chahal attributes the disciplined approach to greater maturity and awareness.Its about my line and length again. When you bottle up the scoring, you put pressure on the batsmen because he has to score runs ultimately, Chahal, who has played three matches or more in a season just once, in 2011-12, explains. You have to continuously keep bowling on a spot. There comes a time when you know that the batsmen is about to try something, and thats when you use your variation and try to deceive him.You cant try too hard for wickets in [multiple] days cricket because your patience is constantly tested here. For your part, you need to test the batsmens patience. First, I need to patiently settle down into a good line and length in my first spell, and then try my variations. Often you go wicketless for 20 overs, but by the time you come to the end of your spell you have five wickets in 30 overs.Chahal calls IPL 2014, where he picked up 12 wickets from 14 games, a turning point in his career. He followed up that season with 23 wickets in 2015. This season, he was the tournaments second-highest wicket-taker behind Bhuvneshwar Kumar. In the IPL, I go for wickets a lot more. If you see, I have been hit for two big sixes, but Ive come back to get the batsmen out, he says. Leg-spinners are by nature wicket-taking bowlers, and that was what I was told to do by my coaches there, although tactics depended on the games situation as well. Chahals is a classical action. He hasnt been intimidated by the small boundaries at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, where his franchise plays its home games, and has instead derived satisfaction at picking wickets despite the obvious disadvantage. Its not really about the ground, he says. If you bowl well then regardless of the size of the ground you will get wickets, if you bowl badly it will go for a six.When somebody hits me for a six I dont look to bowl faster. My strength is to induce the drive by flighting the ball. Virat [Kohli] bhaiyya would support me a lot on the field. It wasnt like he would get flustered when you are hit for a six; the way he saw it was if the ball went for a six it went off a good ball with the batsmen playing a good shot.Much of his confidence, he says, is a product of bowling to the likes of Kohli, AB de Villiers, Shane Watson and Chris Gayle in the nets. Frequent conversations with them have helped Chahal get an insight into the minds of world-class batsmen. Often when you plan what to bowl to them and when they arent able to hit you then you know this length is right, he says. They would keep telling me if I had to shorten my length or flight the ball more or less. Whenever I bowled to Gayle I would bowl well wide outside off, and work out that if he isnt able to hit me then I can try this against Warner and the likes.Chahal is also grateful to coach Daniel Vettori for his technical guidance. During the IPL, he would immediately tell me when my body was falling over or if my stride was getting longer or if I was rushing through my run up, he says. Even recently when I was playing the KSCA tournament I told him about the one or two no balls I bowled. He told me either my stride was getting longer or I was running a touch faster. I communicate with him on Whatsapp all the time.During the IPL I would watch videos with Vettori sir, Allan Donald sir and Bharath Arun sir and find out a batsmans strong areas. If somebody plays well through the covers, the idea is to not let him bowl a drive-able length, and for a batsman who sweeps well we would set fields accordingly.As a result of constantly engaging with the games greats, Chahal says there was not much nervousness when he made his international debut in Zimbabwe. He did himself no discredit with six wickets from three ODIs, including a man-of-the-match in his second game, and finished with three scalps in as many T20Is. Chahal says the bonding within the Indian camp made learning a lot more fun.Mahi bhai [MS Dhoni] would come and we would all play FIFA together [on the Playstation]. Then we would all gather together for dinner and order food from Indian restaurants, he says. We also went to watch a movie. So it was a pretty good thing, because we were together not only on the field, but also off it.Bonding aside, what has he learnt from Dhoni? Mahi bhai reads both the pitch and the batsmen very well from behind the stumps, he says. If I bowled short, he would tell me I could bowl outside [off stump] and vary my pace a bit. If he spotted something he would alert me, yeh batsman kuch karne waala hai abhi (The batsman is going to try something now). If I bowl four to five balls well he would say yeh achcha hai, chalne do (this is good, dont try anything else).Chahals long-term ambition is to play Test cricket, but is aware of the need to turn in consistent performances over a length of time. 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Ahead of a crucial fortnight that will see them play against Napoli in the Champions League, Manchester City and Chelsea, Arsenal leads by five points ahead of Liverpool and Chelsea.CHICAGO -- There will be a familiar voice heard loud and clear Tuesday night at the United Center, booming out instructions and bellowing about calls.It belongs to Tom Thibodeau, the intensely driven coach who used to coach the Chicago Bulls (13-10) and now calls the shots for the Minnesota Timberwolves (6-18).Thibodeau, who went 255-139 in five seasons with Chicago, will face his former team for the first time as an NBA coach since the Bulls fired him in May 2015. There are only four Bulls players left who played for Thibodeau in Chicago, but they know exactly what to expect.Playing against Thibodeaus teams usually means physical play and intense defense, despite the Timberwolves looking to end a four-game losing streak.He used to tell us in the locker room, You got to hate those guys, you got to stick it to them, Bulls forward Taj Gibson told the Chicago Tribune. So, I know hes going to come in here and have those young guys ready and waiting. Its kind of a nerve-wracking feeling because you know that guy knows everything about you. He knows all your moves. Its going to be a good prep.Thibodeaus bark, however, is worse than the Timberwolves bite thus far. Theyre 12 games below the .500 mark, are 2-8 in their past 10 games and have struggled converting fourth-quarter leads into wins.Such was the case Sunday in a 116-108 loss to the Golden State Warriors at Target Center. The Warriors trailed by 10 points heading into the fourth, but outscored Minnesota 38-20 in the quarter for the win.It cant be good for Thibodeaus blood pressure, but he claims thats not the case. He wass asked recently how he is handling all the losses, and he didnt hesitate to answer.ddddddddddddGreat, Thibodeau told the Minneapolis Star-Triibune. You have to be consistent. Sometimes things go your way, sometimes they dont. But every day, put everything you have into it and thats all you can do. Im good. Ive got a great group of guys. As long as theyre working hard, playing for each other, putting everything they have into each and every day, Im fine.He preached those same lessons to the Bulls for five seasons. Many of them stuck and remain with his former players. Jimmy Butler, Chicagos leading scorer, is one of them.Butler said Thibodeaus insistence on working hard at both ends of the floor was vital to his rise from being a late first-round pick to one of the NBAs best all-around players. Thibodeau was hard on guys like Gibson and Butler, but theyre both now major components in Chicagos lineup.I got better from it, Butler told CSN Chicago. The numbers speak for themselves. Im very grateful he coached me for my first four years and the relationship we still have that we built upon over the (past) summer (with USA Basketball), that will forever be my guy. We went through the trenches together, along with my former teammates. I got love and respect for everybody.The Bulls recalled guard R.J. Hunter from the Windy City Bulls of the D-League on Monday. Minnesota reserve forward Nemanja Bjelica has missed the past two games with a sore ankle. ' ' '