Gautam Gambhir has thrown his weight behind pacer India pacer Mohammed Siraj.© AFP
Former India batter Gautam Gambhir has thrown his weight behind pacer Mohammed Siraj after his poor outing within the second T20I towards South Africa on Tuesday. Siraj conceded 14 runs in his first over, however made a powerful respectable comeback by making a gift of simply 13 runs in his subsequent two overs, together with a wicket. Gambhir additionally expressed his disappointment over Arshdeep Singh’s present within the match. The pacer leaked 31 runs in two overs, together with 24 in his first over.
Gambhir additionally hailed Mukesh Kumar regardless of the pacer leaking runs in his three-over spell.
“I really feel that Mohammed Siraj will bowl a lot worse than this and but end with higher figures. I used to be a bit disenchanted with Arshdeep as a result of after he bowled the primary over, the Powerplay was over and the ball bought moist and difficult to get a grip of. The thirteenth over which Mukesh bowled was spectacular, with pin-point yorkers with a moist ball and towards a bowler like David Miller. These are some huge positives, and going ahead, if the situations aren’t so moist, this bowling line-up will seem loads completely different,” Gambhir mentioned on Star Sports activities.
With the T20 World Cup set to be held subsequent yr, Gambhir needs India to focus past the outcomes of bilateral sequence and determine the group of bowlers who could be efficient for them in dying overs.
“A bilateral sequence 6-7 months earlier than the World Cup does not carry a lot relevance. India would need to check their bowlers. You’d need to see how robust your death-overs bowling is. Who could be the another possibility with Jasprit Bumrah when the T20 World Cup comes? These items should be extra rigorously monitored than outcomes,” he added.
On Tuesday, Suryakumar Yadav and Rinku Singh hit fast half-centuries for India however South Africa chased down an adjusted goal to win the second T20I by 5 wickets (DLS).
India, despatched in to bat, had been 180 for seven when rain ended the innings with three balls remaining of their 20 overs.
After a delay of just about an hour, South Africa had been set to make 152 off 15 overs.
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