Umran Malik left followers on the sting of the seat together with his uncooked tempo that left batters anxious and consultants of the sport excited over the past IPL season. The younger sensation from Jammu and Kashmir had picked 22 wickets in 14 matches for Sunrisers Hyderabad with a five-wicket haul whereas additionally recording the quickest ever ball in IPL historical past. Umran was quickly roped into the Indian T20I aspect and later made his debut within the ODIs as effectively. And though he did not crack into the T20 World Cup aspect, Australia tempo legend Brett Lee feels Umran ought to be fast-tracked into the Jasprit Bumrah-less Test assault within the subsequent World Test Championship cycle for India.
Umran has solely proven glimpses of his true expertise in worldwide cricket, having made his debut in June. He has to date picked 13 and 11 wickets respectively within the two white-ball codecs the place he performed eight matches apiece. The 23-year-old is but to be within the reckoning for Test debut. He had made his debut in red-ball cricket for India A within the 2021 South Africa tour.
Lee, in reply to a question made by Hindustan Times on whether or not India ought to look to fast-track Umran into the Test set-up, agreed fully whereas being in filled with reward for the teen.
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“Why not? He is good enough in my opinion. He is a superstar in the making. He has got good pace, got nice action and runs in well with a beautiful approach. So yes he can be injected,” he mentioned on the sidelines of Legends League Cricket in Doha.
The former Aussie cricketer additionally had a particular recommendation for Jasprit Bumrah, who’s prone to stay out of motion until the tip of WTC ultimate in June owing to his wrestle with again harm. Admitting that Bumrah’s absence does go away a giant hole within the Indian assault, which he clarified it being a “compliment” for the India star, Lee feels that the 29-year-old has to make some technical modifications in his bowling routine upon returning to the game.
“I wouldn’t say it makes it weak. I would definitely say that it leaves a whole in there. And I mean this as a compliment because he is that good. Bumrah has got a wonderful record. Unfortunately for him, he has had that worrying back issue for quite sometime now. The only advice I would say is that with his run up being so short, he has to find that pace and power out of his action where I think, maybe now in due course he might extend his run up to allow that pressure to be taken of his back,” he mentioned.
Bumrah has been out of motion since September final yr, following which he had missed the T20 World Cup, and it was lately reported that he underwent a surgical procedure in New Zealand.
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