Sachin Tendulkar thinks that premier pacer Mohammed Shami is a good replacement for Jasprit Bumrah in India’s T20 World Cup squad. As known, Bumrah underwent a back injury and was ruled out of India’s squad.
The BCCI then took its time to declare his replacement. The management was confused between Shami and Mohammed Siraj. However, being the more experienced the latter got the nod ahead of the RCB pacer.
Further, Shami proved the selectors’ decision right with a match-winning final over against Australia in the warm-up match of the T20 World Cup. He upheld 12 runs and claimed three wickets. Shami lastly played a competitive game in July and landed here after enduring a long episode of COVID-19. He turned up to bowl the last over of the game and made a decisive impact on the game.
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Tendulkar further implied that Bumrah’s absence is a big loss for Team India but the replacement the selectors have chosen is the right one. “Bumrah not being there is a big loss and we needed a strike bowler. An out-and-out genuine fast bowler, who could attack batters and get wickets. Shami has proven that and he seems a good replacement,” Tendulkar told PTI in an exclusive interview.
“Arshdeep has shown a lot of promise and he looks like a balanced guy. And whatever I have seen of him, he looks a committed fellow because you can see a player, you can make out looking at his mindset,” the legendary batter said.
He also praised Arshdeep for committing to his plan as he feels it’s important in T20s to back yourself when batters play some creative shots. “What I like is that if Arshdeep has a plan, he commits to it and that is important in this format as batters are going out and playing those extra shots and some innovative ones. So if you have a plan, commit to it,” Tendulkar said.
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