IPL 2022 – Umran Malik India Debut? Pace bowling sensation Umran Malik could be fast-tracked into the Indian team as early as June. The BCCI Selectors will soon select the Indian team for 5 Match T20 Series vs South Africa. The indications are that IPL 2022 Fastest Bowler from India Umran Malik will be on RADAR of selectors and is likely to be included in the squad: Follow IPL 2022 LIVE Updates with InsideSport.IN
“Anyone who can bowl as fast as Umran Malik is bowling is a special talent. Everyone is impressed with his pace. He will surely be on selector’s radar”, confirmed one of the Selection Committee member on condition of anonymity.
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IPL 2022: Selectors ‘IMPRESSED’ with Umran Malik, SRH’s fast bowler likely to be picked in Indian Team for T20 Series vs South Africa
IPL 2022 Fastest Bowler – Umran Malik India Debut?: Umran already has nine wickets from six games for SRH this season. The manner in which he intimidated an established international batter like KKR’s Shreyas Iyer was an exhilarating sight.
It is understood that chairman of selectors Chetan Sharma and his committee will be keeping a close eye on Umran from here on.
He is now India’s fastest bowler by a distance, regularly clocking 152 plus (approx 95 miles/hr).
India will play South Africa in a five-match T20 International series at home (June 9, 12, 14, 17, 20) and two matches in Ireland’s Malahide (June 26, 28).
India is likely to rest some of the TOP WHITE-BALL Specialists for the series in lieu of preparation for series-deciding fifth Test against England, starting early July.
This is likely to further strengthen Umran Malik’s chances.
The BCCI too is keen on having a bigger pool of fast bowlers going into the upcoming World T20 in Australia. Umran, with his scorching pace, has a high probability of making it to the squad if all goes well and he remains fit over the next two months.
India’s premier Fast bowlers whose workload management will be paramount are
- Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Avesh Khan, Harshal Patel, Mohammed Siraj, Deepak Chahar (if fit), Mohammed Shami and Umesh Yadav.
- The three bowlers from the fringe pack, who might get a go in some of the 20 plus T20I matches in the run-up to the World Cup are Umran and left-armers T Natarajan and Arshdeep Singh, all of whom have been impressive in the IPL.
IPL 2022: Selectors, former cricket greats ‘SUPER-IMPRESSED’ with Umran Malik’s fast bowling abilities
IPL 2022 Fastest Bowler – Umran Malik India Debut? Sunil Gavaskar, commentating for the IPL broadcasters, said that Malik will become more lethal once he is able to stop spraying deliveries on leg-stump and wide off it.
“A lot of guys who bowl at that speed tend to spray the ball around but Umran bowls very few wide deliveries. If he can control the wides down the leg side, he will be a tremendous bowler because that will mean he’ll be attacking the stumps all the time, and with his pace, it’s not easy to hit straight.
“If he bowls wicket-to-wicket, he’s going to be pretty much an unplayable bowler. He’s going to play for India,” Gavaskar said.
Dale Steyn says Umran Malik a GENIUS: Sunrisers Hyderabad bowling coach and fast bowling legend Dale Steyn has termed the Jammu man a “genius”.
“My job with Umran is to ensure he runs fast and make players play differently. My job is to try and make him forward-thinking as to what the batters are planning on doing.
“It’s exciting for us to sit back and watch what a genius he is. I don’t want to turn him into what I was, all I want is his geniuses to come out,” Steyn said on ‘Star Sports’ ‘Cricket Live’ programme.
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#UmranMalik Outstanding Performance Jigar! This last over by #UmranMalik was Outstanding! Blue jersey coming Soon Jigar! #PBKSvSRH pic.twitter.com/TeciM1jSji
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Former opener WV Raman, one of the most respected voices in Indian cricket, feels that time is ripe for Umran to be drafted into the Team India set-up straightaway.
“He is a special talent. He has pace and now he is slowly picking up the ropes of fast bowling. When a young bowler has pace, don’t wait for three seasons before you blood him.
“If he is young and as quick as Umran is, you should seriously look at him,” Raman, who has been a former NCA batting coach, apart from working with KKR and the Indian women’s team, told PTI.
“When Umran is bowling, you could hear that the ball is hitting the bat. But also when you have a bowler like that bowling at 150 consistently, then you also need good slip catchers as the ball will travel at quite a speed,” Raman added.
Raman also analysed that when it comes to express pace bowlers, they have a better chance of making their international debut much earlier compared to batters, who are doing well in IPL.
“If you look at our batting unit, we have a lot of experience and if you are an uncapped player making a mark as a specialist batter within No. 4, it is a bit difficult to get a look-in. After that you have multi-dimensional cricketers coming in.
“Also you will produce more quality batters than bowlers. Therefore when a special bowler comes in the horizon, he is bound to create a certain degree of interest,” Raman explained.
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