India pacer Arshdeep Singh grew to become the primary Indian bowler to bowl a maiden on T20I debut in 16 years, drawing degree with Jhulan Goswami (vs England, August 2006) and Ajit Agarkar (vs south Africa, December 2006), the primary Indians to realize the feat.
Arshdeep’s worldwide profession acquired off to a dream begin as he examined Jason Roy and virtually nabbed his wicket off the final ball of his over earlier than his LBW attraction was turned down. The Punjab Kings quickie returned with figures of two for 18, sending Reece Topley and Matt Parkinson again to the pavilion, as India thumped England by 50 runs within the first T20I in Southampton.
The 23-year-old left-handed bowler was included within the squad for the T20I collection towards England on the again of one other spectacular season within the Indian Premier League (IPL). He can be a part of the 18-member squad for the upcoming five-match T20I collection towards South Africa at residence.
Arshdeep’s performances drew widespread reward from the cricket neighborhood. But reward will not be new for the wily left-hander. His Punjab Kings teammate Kagiso Rabada known as him the most effective death-over bowler within the IPL, whereas skipper Mayank Agarwal made him the chief of the bowling group.
While Arshdeep managed solely 10 wickets in 14 IPL matches this season, his actual worth is in his capability to choke batters for runs within the dying overs. Arshdeep boasts the second-best death-over financial system fee (7.58) of bowlers with at the least eight overs this season. Only Jasprit Bumrah (7.38) has a greater financial system fee.
Speaking of his performances, commentator and former Indian cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar tweeted: “He can swing the new ball both ways, bowl the yorker well, has 3 versions of the slower ball plus can bowl a meaningful bouncer. Of all the new seam talent options, Arshdeep has the widest range.”
Fellow commentator Harsha Bhogle additionally praised Arshdeep in a tweet: “Very high level of skill in the power play. Impressed with Arshdeep.”
The second T20I of the collection is scheduled for Saturday.
Source: www.financialexpress.com