T20 World Cup: India’s fastest bowler Umran Malik – India’s fastest Umran Malik’s short adventure with team India came to a crashing halt when he was ignored from the West Indies tour. Malik could only bowl speeds in excess of 150 twice during India’s Ireland and England tours. He was erratic also with his line lengths and conceded 12 runs per over in the three T20 games that he played. Arshdeep Singh and Avesh Khan have edged him in the pecking order and are in the team for West Indies tour. Former England pacer Darren Gough though feels Malik is the automatic choice for the T20 World Cup. Follow ICC T20 World Cup Live Updates with InsideSport.IN.
“(Mohammed) Siraj has got a good pace. I have been impressed with him when I saw him bowl in Australia and when I saw him in India. Then you’ve got Umran Malik. Anybody who bowls that speed gets into my squad. On the pitches in Australia, you might just need that extra bit of pace to shock the opposition,” Gough said told the cricket.com/tv Youtube channel.
T20 World Cup: Not Arshdeep Singh, Avesh Khan, Ex England pacer Darren Gough backs Umran Malik to be an automatic choice in the India team for T20 World Cup
T20 World Cup: Why Darren Gough thinks Umran Malik is an automatic pick for the showpiece event
- The former England pacer feels the pace at which Malik bowls could prove to be decisive in the Australian pitches which offer pace and bounce.
- Malik is India’s fastest bowler with an ability to bowl at speeds over 150.
- Gough feels extra pace is the one thing that most batters do not want on the ball especially on pitches in Australia.
- Malik has that X Factor ability and Gough feels he could prove to be the difference.
- Gough reckons Malik, Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, and Siraj should be in the team.
“Bumrah, I think he is the best all-format fast bowler in the world. He is your first pick, the golden pick. Bhuvneshwar Kumar comes in because of his skill with the new ball. He is really important to take early wickets, slows the momentum down. We have seen that throughout the England vs India series. So I think he has to be on there.”
T20 World Cup: Not Arshdeep Singh, Avesh Khan, Ex England pacer Darren Gough backs Umran Malik to be an automatic choice in the India team for T20 World Cup
Umran Malik has picked up just two wickets in three T20Is conceding 12.44 runs per over. He lacked variations to outfox the batters. With some time away from the game India’s fastest bowler would be keen to find his mojo back.
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