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India is looking for a death overs bowler, Bhajji said – he should be given a chance instead of Bhuvneshwar

Sudev Haldar
2 years ago

New Delhi, Pretr. It has been a decade since the debut of Bhuvneshwar Kumar from the last bilateral series between India and Pakistan, but it seems like a thing of the past. Bhuvneshwar’s second ball of international career troubled opener Nasir Jamshed and then uprooted his stumps. But in the last two years, he has not been able to bowl such a ball. He bowls some good ‘spells’, but against good teams this charisma or ‘X factor’ has stopped showing. He has played 78 T20 Internationals in which his economy rate of 7.02 seems fine but he has not been so successful in handling the responsibility of the last overs.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar has played 23 T20 Internationals for India since 2021

Bhuvneshwar has played 23 T20 Internationals for India since 2021, but has picked up only 15 wickets. Not only this, but the biggest problem is that he has bowled 159 balls in the last overs (between the 17th and 20th overs) in which he has conceded 266 runs at an economy rate of 10.03. He has conceded 23 extra runs, but in these 23 innings, he has hit 20 fours and 12 sixes. These figures are not at all satisfactory but intimidating as he will lead the Indian bowling attack in the T20 World Cup and the team management is still not sure about Mohammed Shami’s fit in it.

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Harbhajan Singh, who was a member of the 2007 World Cup squad, feels Deepak Chahar should be preferred over Bhuvneshwar, considering his current form and skills. He admits that keeping the two together in the team would make the attack look a bit ‘one-sided’. Rather Harbhajan analyzed each and every bowler before the World Cup. On Jasprit Bumrah’s absence, the Indian attack would not be so effective, he said that Jassi (Bumrah) is the only Indian bowler who can work out the ‘advantages of the pitch’ equation due to his accuracy in his ‘blackhole’ balls. . To bowl a yorker, you need a skill that has nothing to do with the pitch.

There is a bowler with better skills than Bhuvneshwar at the moment

He said that Jassi’s balls also ‘hit’ but this happens only maybe twice out of 10 balls. That’s why he’s special. Shami’s recovery after Kovid-19 is being monitored, and Harbhajan feels that Chahar’s sharp bowling can help India get early wickets. He said that Deepak Chahar is the only bowler who can swing the ball ‘up front’ and both ways and can get two-three wickets in the powerplay. Harbhajan said that his inswinger is as deadly as the outswinger. He is a bowler with better skills than Bhuvneshwar at the moment. He said that Bhuvi has a lot of experience and can win matches but eight to 10 runs in the 19th over is not a problem, but it is 15 or more runs at the moment. This leaves the match out of hand. So lamp would be my choice.

Harshal Patel has taken 51 wickets in two seasons of IPL

He said about Arshdeep Singh that Arsh is a good talent and a bowler of the future. He can bowl from angles that trouble the batsmen. But he needs some assistance off the pitch. He doesn’t have that much experience, he needs the experience of bowling in a lot of pressure situations. It would be unfair to a youngster if he bowls six balls of six as per your plan under pressure. Harshal Patel has taken 51 wickets in two seasons of IPL, which made him very popular. But the figures in the last overs are quite disappointing.

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Bhajji said that Harshal has better slow deliveries than any other Indian bowling. But for his slower deliveries to take effect, the ball needs to come to a halt from the pitch. He said that if you see Harshal’s performance in the 2021 IPL, the first phase of which Royal Challengers Bangalore played in Chennai and then in the UAE. Still play the best batsman in Chepauk today and now that Harshal’s form has fallen a bit, he will still find it difficult to play in the 16th, 18th and 20th overs. Umran Malik has the ‘X factor’ with his bowling speed of 150 kmph and can deliver a lot of runs due to his lack of experience. He is going as a net bowler. Harbhajan feels that Chetan Sharma and Rahul Dravid should not hesitate to include him in the squad if Shami is unavailable. Harbhajan said that I think the whole country is praying for Shami, but if he is not available then we need to be ready for any situation.

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