Zaheer Khan, a former Indian bowler, believes that Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) might have handled the situation with Umran Malik more effectively. There have been many questions raised by the speedster’s lack of success with the Sunrisers in recent games.
Umran Malik has only played in seven games so far this season, but he has already taken five wickets and has a high economy rate of 10.35. His disappointing form became the latest cricket news. Zaheer, however, believes that in order to get the maximum performance out of such speedsters, they need to be supported and given confidence.
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Zaheer Khan, an IPL expert for Jio Cinema, revealed how the SRH management handled Umran Malik in a media encounter. He stated:
“I think Umran Malik hasn’t been handled well by the franchise the way he should have been utilized by SRH. When you’re talking about a young seamer, you’re also looking at creating that environment, and support and confidence are required. Unfortunately, that wasn’t seen from SRH and that’s why he has had a season he had this year.”
Ishant Sharma and Zaheer Khan have played together frequently, and Khan praised Sharma for the Delhi Capitals‘ benefit from his comeback. Added him:
“He (Ishant) is another example of experience being utilized. He is someone who was ready even though he was not around in the early days of IPL.”
The frequency of long-term injuries that have occurred to fast bowlers like Jasprit Bumrah, Prasidh Krishna, etc. has perplexed Zaheer Khan. He also discussed the fact that batters have experienced injuries and suggested that their approach to training and other aspects of the game may be to blame. The battery of Indian fast bowler in the recent times have turned many match prediction in favor of the Indian side.
“I am equally puzzled on this (bowlers getting injured). Also there are some batters who have had some serious injuries. That is beyond my understanding and it has to do with a combination for sure. I believe something needs to be looked at carefully in terms of how they’re approaching the whole season or their training and rest-to-recovery ratios. It is very difficult to pin-point in one word what’s exactly going wrong,” Zaheer concluded.
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