India’s ace speedster Umran Malik has not been delivering with the ball for a while now. He was the find of IPL 2022 and as a result, he got a national call too. He scalped 22 wickets in the last season and was the second-best by the Indian bowlers after Yuzvendra Chahal, who took 27 wickets. Talking about this season of IPL, Umran has gone off-color.
The last match he played was against Delhi Capitals where the speedster was smashed for 22 runs in the only over he bowled. As a result, many former cricketers have criticized him. Amidst all the criticisms, former India pacer RP Singh also said that as a bowler you should give that confidence to your captain.
“Yes one can debate on how SRH have used Umran this season, but even as a bowler you need to give that confidence to the captain that yes you can contribute towards the team. He has speed, and that is a big thing. If he can swing the ball like Dale Steyn...Umran doesn't have that ability to swing the ball. The moment he manages to improve on that, maybe learn to bowl those cutters as well, he will be a different bowler altogether,” he told Hindustan Times.
“When you are bowling at the speed of 150kmph, you become the go-to bowler for the team and captain would then expect you to take wickets in situations or conditions where no other bowler managed to get a breakthrough. And he did that last season, but that hasn't happened this time.”
Umran has played eight ODIs for India and as of now and has picked up 13 wickets. He has 11 wickets in his kitty in the eight T20Is he has played so far. Earlier, he also delivered the fastest ball in international cricket by bowling at the speed of 155 kph against Sri Lanka.