News: Overs-specific strategy breaks interesting: Zaheer

The overs-specific 2.5-minute strategy breaks for batting as well as fielding sides in the third season of the Indian Premier League would be interesting to watch, feels India pace spearhead Zaheer Khan.

"It would be interesting as we all have seen in the last IPL that soon after the break a wicket falls. It's good that the option to call it lies with the (fielding side) captain. It can definitely change the momentum," said Khan, who is to play for the Sachin Tendulkar-led Mumbai Indians outfit.

The IPL Governing Council has said the strategy breaks are mandatory for the fielding side between the 6th and 8th overs and for the batting side between the 11th and 15th overs during the 45-day, eight-team T20 event.

The left arm pacer, who missed the three-match ODI home series against South Africa last month after picking up a leg muscle injury in the second and last Test at Kolkata, said that early breakthroughs are very important.

"It's important to get early breakthroughs during the Power Play between overs one and six and that's the reason all teams are opting for good fast bowlers," he said.

Zaheer, who said his present injury was minor and nothing in comparison to what he picked up earlier in his career, was optimistic the Mumbai Indians would go all the way this year after not making the semi-finals in 2008 and 2009.