Team India over time have strengthened their tempo bowling battery multi-fold. There was a time the Indian crew used to depend on dying bowling strategy of Bhuvneshwar Kumar however over time, the likes of Jasprit Bumrah and others have rose as much as the event and have handed the Indian assume tank the chance to check their bench power. In the final two T20I sequence particularly, India opted to check their bench power in order as to gauge who all might be thought-about when the time comes of the T20 World Cup choice. The likes of Harshal Patel, Avesh Khan, and Mohammed Siraj have performed in sequence towards West Indies and Sri Lanka along with Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Shardul Thakur and Deepak Chahar, who’ve been first-team regulars over the previous yr.
In the not too long ago accomplished Sri Lanka T20 sequence, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Jasprit Bumrah have been the 2 senior professionals whereas Mohd Siraj, Avesh Khan and Harshal Patel have been the opposite pacers within the squad. Interestingly, there have been no left-arm pacers within the reckoning for a while now. Chetan Sakariya was the final left arm pacer who was included within the squad, that too final yr.
Now, with the T20 World Cup approaching, former Indian quick bowler Irfan Pathan – a left-arm pacer himself – has opined that the Indian squad ought to have at leats one left arm seam choice.
“With all these names (the Indian bowlers already a part of the squad), I simply need to add one other identify — that of a left-arm bowler, and that may be whoever performs within the IPL — Khaleel Ahmed, Natarajan or Chetan Sakariya. I do know Sakariya is a bit rusty for the time being, but when he performs within the IPL, he might be an choice. Left is all the time proper!” Pathan said on Star Sports.
Khaleel Ahmed had last appeared for India in November 2019 during a T20I against Bangladesh. Natarajan, meanwhile, had played last year for the side during the series against England; however, an injury ruled him out of the majority of the first phase of the Indian Premier League season in 2021 and he eventually fell down in the pecking order for international selection.
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