“It’s about winning games, not bowling fast”: Anrich Nortje on comparability with Umran Malik: Umran Malik has denied strolling off the limelight regardless of not enjoying cricket for some time now. During the IPL 2022, Malik took the complete cricket fraternity by storm owing to his firing thunderbolts and acquired in contrast with the legendary cricketers of the previous for bowling fast deliveries.
Malik bowled one of many quickest deliveries of the IPL 2022, clocking 157 KPH, nevertheless, he was pipped by Gujarat pacer Lokie Ferguson, who bowled 157.3 KPH, within the remaining match in opposition to Rajasthan Royals.
The Jammu and Kashmir speedster has been not too long ago in contrast with the Protea pacer Anrich Nortje for bowling the quickest supply within the two T20Is, to which the latter responded that he isn’t bothered concerning the studying on the velocity gun and desires to contribute to workforce success.
Nortje, addressing the press on the eve of the 4th T20I in opposition to India in Rajkot, mentioned that he isn’t competing with anybody to bowl the quickest supply.
“At this stage, I’m not bothered too much about who is the fastest and what the speed gun says,” Nortje mentioned forward of India vs South Africa 4th T20I.
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“It’s about what I can contribute for the team. When you train, when you are not playing, you obviously think about how you can crank it faster with your work, your training, your gym, or whatever you’re doing. So in the back of my mind, it’s something that I would like to keep on striving towards. But it’s not something I’m thinking about when I go onto the field,” he added.
Nortje additional heaped praises on younger Umran Malik, nevertheless, mentioned that it’s extra about successful video games and contributing to the workforce’s success slightly than bowling faster and faster.
“Malik is a very good bowler, very fast bowler. He showed what he can do. And if he gets faster, great for him. If I get faster, great for me. But I don’t think we are at that stage where we are competing to try and just bowl the fastest ball. It’s about winning games and trying to contribute,” he added.
The Indian workforce is at present trailing within the 5 matches T20I collection with 1-2 in opposition to South Africa. While the guests managed to bag the primary two fixtures convincingly, India made a rebound to their outing within the third match and emerged victorious.
The fourth T20I match shall be held in Rajkot’s Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium on June 17, Friday.
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