IND vs SA T20s: Before the T20 series against South Africa, India’s head coach Rahul Dravid took a special 20-minute masterclass from new speed star Umran Malik.
Team India started Practicing after reaching Delhi:-
On Monday, Team India started practicing after reaching Delhi. India’s fastest bowler Umran Malik not only did his debut practice for India in the nets.
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Now in such a situation, the question arises whether Umran Malik will be included in Team India’s Playing XI for the 1st T20?
IND vs SA T20s: Dravid (Coach Rahul Dravid) had a good conversation with young player Umran Malik for 20 minutes during net practice. While talking to coach Dravid Malik was repeatedly pointing towards the wicket.
This message was given to Malik in clear words:-
Malik was also seen listening very carefully to Dravid’s words. Malik has been given a clear message from the Indian team management that you should throw the ball as fast as you can.
Seeing the conversation between Rahul and Umran during net practice, it is being speculated that they will be given a chance to play in the team for the first T20 (Playing XI for 1st T20).
Umran bowled at a speed of 157 kmph in the recently concluded IPL 2022. According to Team India’s coach Dravid and team selectors, Umran is a long-time player for Team India.
IND vs SA T20 Series: The main focus of Indian coach Rahul Dravid will be on Umran Malik’s sports and fitness. Malik’s fitness will be closely monitoring going forward.
Asked to take special care of Malik’s fitness:-
Indian and NCA physios will be asking to take special care of Umran Malik’s fitness. At the nets, Umran was seeing working closely with India’s fast bowling coach Paras Mhambrey. Head coach Rahul Dravid was seeing making some notes throughout the net session.
In his first season of IPL as an Indian player, Umran was seeing with a lot of enthusiasm. This bowler from Sunrisers Hyderabad and Jammu and Kashmir was seeing mingling with everyone around. Umran was also seeing chatting with vice-captain Rishabh Pant.
India T20 squad: 1. KL Rahul (capt), 2. Ruturaj Gaikwad, 3. Ishan Kishan, 4. Deepak Hooda, 5. Shreyas Iyer, 6. Rishabh Pant (vice-captain), 8. Dinesh Karthik (wk), 9. Hardik Pandya, 10. Venkatesh Iyer, 11. Yuzvendra Chahal, 12. Kuldeep Yadav, 13. Axar Patel, 14. Ravi Bishnoi, 15. Bhuvneshwar Kumar, 16. Harshal Patel, 17. Avesh Khan, 18. Arshdeep Singh, 19. Umran Malik.