“Mohammed Siraj Will Bowl Much Worse Than This And Yet…”: Gautam Gambhir’s Blunt Take On Star Pacer | Cricket News

Former India batter Gautam Gambhir has thrown his weight behind pacer Mohammed Siraj after his poor outing within the second T20I in opposition to South Africa on Tuesday. Siraj conceded 14 runs in his first over, however made a powerful first rate 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 feel that Mohammed Siraj will bowl much worse than this and yet finish with better figures. I was a bit disappointed with Arshdeep because after he bowled the first over, the Powerplay was over and the ball got wet and tough to get a grip of. The 13th over which Mukesh bowled was spectacular, with pin-point yorkers with a wet ball and against a bowler like David Miller. These are some big positives, and going forward, if the conditions aren’t so wet, this bowling line-up will appear a lot different,” Gambhir mentioned on Star Sports.

With the T20 World Cup set to be held subsequent 12 months, Gambhir desires India to focus past the outcomes of bilateral collection and establish the group of bowlers who will be efficient for them in dying overs.

“A bilateral series 6-7 months before the World Cup doesn’t carry much relevance. India would want to test their bowlers. You’d want to see how strong your death-overs bowling is. Who can be the one more option with Jasprit Bumrah when the T20 World Cup comes? These things need to be more carefully monitored than results,” 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.