Former Indian batter Aakash Chopra has claimed that tempo sensation Umran Malik is not fairly prepared for worldwide cricket and wishes time to develop.
Malik made his Indian debut throughout the Ireland tour (Courtesy: Reuters)
HIGHLIGHTSMalik was handed his worldwide debut throughout the Ireland tourThe 22-year-old hasn’t set the stage on fireplace along with his performances butChopra believes the Indian pacer wants time
Former cricketer Aakash Chopra has claimed that Indian tempo sensation Umran Malik is not prepared for worldwide cricket in the mean time.
The Indian pacer introduced himself this 12 months with an unimaginable efficiency within the IPL for his franchise, Sunrisers Hyderabad. In the 14 matches he performed, the Jammu and Kashmir star picked up 22 wickets at a mean of 20.18.
After a breakthrough season within the IPL this 12 months, Malik made his debut in nationwide workforce colors throughout the tour of Ireland final month. The Jammu and Kashmir pacer had an detached debut however bounced again within the second sport and delivered the win for India within the final over of the second T20I.
Malik was then included within the lineup for the third match within the recently-concluded T20I collection in opposition to England. However, he did not impress and conceded 56 runs in his allotted 4 overs. The 22-year-old solely wicket within the sport was within the type of Jason Roy.
Speaking on his YouTube channel, the previous Indian cricketer Chopra mentioned that Malik does have excessive tempo in his arsenal.
Umran Malik has one thing that others don’t have excessive tempo. You can’t train that to anybody. You can train all the pieces else line and size, yorker, bouncer, slower ones. But you possibly can’t train somebody methods to bowl with pace. You are both born a pacer or born a medium-pacer,” mentioned Chopra.
Despite this, Chopra felt that the 22-year-old wasn’t prepared but for the worldwide stage. He mentioned that Malik requires time and remains to be a bit uncooked.
“No doubt, he has the pace. But what I feel is that Umran Malik is not ready for international cricket as of now. It is very simple, he needs time. He hasn’t played a lot of cricket and so he is still raw,” mentioned Chopra.
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