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Sanjay Manjrekar has actually advised the selectors to offer a possibility to Umran Malik in Tests.© AFP
Previous India batter Sanjay Manjrekar has actually advised the selectors to offer a possibility to tearaway pacer Umran Malik in Test cricket. Umran, who impressed everybody with his rate in the Indian Premier League, has actually currently represented India in white-ball cricket, however is yet to use the whites for the group. He has actually not been chosen for the two-match Test series versus West Indies. Umran had a below-par season in the IPL this year however Manjrekar feels that Umran can “be an X-factor” in the longest format of the video game due to his speed.
Manjrekar drew contrast in between Umran and England pacer Mark Wood, who made an immediate effect in the 3rd Ashes Test versus Australia recently.
“I think if you need to select Umran, offer him an opportunity in Test cricket due to the fact that we saw when Mark Wood played the last Ashes Test, a person who can bowl 90 miles per hour, his specialized is that the tail-enders do not remain versus him for long. If you have to see Umran Malik, rather of white-ball cricket, if you have a Test series that is not that prominent, provide him a possibility there, three-four over spells. He will be an X-factor in our bowling,” Manjrekar informed News 24.
To even more back his claim, Manjrekar likewise provided the example of how Pakistan fast-tracked pacers, who bowled at 90 miles an hour, directly into the Test.
“When you have a great deal of rate, there is a great deal of pressure in white-ball cricket, you need to bowl definitely properly, if the ball goes even somewhat occasionally, you can show pricey and after that the captain does not bet that much. This is how Pakistan utilized to believe earlier, when they had young bowlers who bowled 90 miles an hour, they fast-tracked them straightaway into Test cricket and very little in white-ball cricket,” he included.
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