Sunil Gavaskar Gives Young Pacer the Ultimate Compliment. Sunil Gavaskar has heaped praise on young Indian pacer Umran Malik.
Despite the inclusion of several young players in the squad for the T20I series against South Africa. The Indian cricket team management chose an unchanged XI for the second T20I in Cuttack on Sunday, following a defeat in the first T20I. Their fortunes did not improve as India lost again, falling behind 0-2 in the five-match series. Following the defeat, former Indian cricket captain Sunil Gavaskar offered his thoughts on the changes that India might implement beginning with the third T20I. Arshdeep Singh, Umran Malik, and Gavaskar, among others, had an interesting take on the latter.
Sunil Gavaskar ultimate Compliment to Umran Malik
“I’m trying to remember the last time I got excited about seeing an Indian player was Sachin Tendulkar…when Sachin Tendulkar…you know, young Indian. After that, I became enthralled by Umran Malik. So, yes, I believe he should play, but they may say. ” Let’s win the third one and then put ourselves in a position where we can experiment with the team. ” That is entirely possible. It also depends on the type of surface they will see in the third T20I. ” Gavaskar stated on Star Sports following the conclusion of the second T20I.
In the third T20I in Cuttack on Sunday. Comeback man Heinrich Klaasen followed Rassie Van der Dussen’s lead by scoring a career-best 81 as South Africa defeated India by four wickets on a tricky pitch. On a two-paced track where most batters struggled. Klaasen made it look ridiculously easy, slamming seven fours and five towering sixes in his 46-ball knock to help his team reach 149 with 10 balls to spare.
The wicketkeeper-batter, who was brought in as a replacement for the injured Quinton de Kock, complete his fourth T20I fifty in 32 balls before slamming three sixes off Yuzvendra Chahal to effectively seal the chase.
Looking to finish with a six, he was caught by Harshal Patel, and Bhuvneshwar Kumar dismiss Wayne Parnell in the very next over to finish with a superb 4-0-13-4.
But it wasn’t enough as they only need three runs from the final two overs to complete the win, which gave the Proteas a commanding 2-0 lead heading into the Vizag T20I on June 14.
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