WI vs IND: India doesn’t have any threatening bowlers of their facet, says Ahmed Shehzad
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By India Today Sports Desk: Former Pakistan batter Ahmed Shehzad has mentioned that India doesn’t have any threatening bowlers of their facet. India is about to tour West Indies subsequent month, the place they may play two Test matches, three ODIs and 5 T20Is.
Speaking to Nadir Ali on his podcast, Shehzad mentioned India has good bowlers of their group however none that make the opposition frightened of them, whereas including that their batting is harmful. India lately misplaced the World Test Championship Final towards Australia on the Kennington Oval in London.
“No disrespect to them. But there hasn’t been any threatening bowler from India that the opposition batter is scared to play him. They have good bowlers like Bumrah, Jadeja and Ashwin, but there has not been a dangerous bowler as such. Their batters are dangerous,” mentioned Shehzad.
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Staying on the subject of harmful bowlers, Shehzad recalled going through former Pakistan pacer Shoaib Akhtar within the nets, saying he by no means tried to harm batters within the nets. Akhtar nonetheless holds the file for the quickest ball ever bowled in cricket, clocking at 161.3 kmph towards England in 2003.
“I can not recollect another bowler other than Shoaib Akhtar. When I used to be new to the group, he was already The Shoaib Akhtar. He had 2 nice qualities. First, he by no means bowled no-balls within the nets. Second, he by no means bowled pointless bouncers to the batters within the nets. He knew the batter would get damage,” Shehzad added.
India misplaced to Australia by 209 runs within the WTC 2023 last with questions requested about their preparation after IPL 2023. India gained the toss and opted to discipline however allowed Australia to submit 469 at The Oval in London. India have been by no means in a position to get into the competition as their batting failed, barring Ajinkya Rahane’s sturdy 89 within the first innings.
