Arshdeep Singh gave sage counsel to debutant Mayank Yadav through the first T20I towards Bangladesh at Gwalior. Arshdeep is now a pacesetter of the tempo assault — fairly the excessive standing for somebody who was a newcomer simply two years in the past.
The left-arm pacer has made a mark in white-ball cricket as a death-over specialist. With a mixture of tempo variations and yorkers, he has effectively dealt with the robust overs. Arshdeep’s second of glory got here in Barbados, when he bowled a miserly nineteenth over to scuttle the South African chase within the 2024 ICC Males’s T20 World Cup closing.
A World Cup title, a lifelong dream for a lot of, has been achieved in fast time.
The whirlwind, brief journey just isn’t misplaced on Arshdeep. “I don’t understand how shortly these final two years have gone. I simply attempt to take pleasure in and keep within the current,” Arshdeep mentioned right here on Tuesday (October 8, 2024).
The 25-year-old additionally has a brand new problem at hand. Final month, Arshdeep featured within the long-format Duleep Trophy for India ‘D’. A nine-wicket match-haul, towards India ‘B’, proved to be the spotlight for Arshdeep. The Punjab cricketer had dismissed India T20I captain Suryakumar Yadav twice in that sport.
Whereas it’s too early to counsel that Arshdeep is prepared for Take a look at responsibility, bowling lengthy spells with the crimson ball was a superb studying expertise.
“Enjoying crimson ball cricket teaches you persistence. In T20s, you don’t want persistence. I need to do my finest in all codecs wherever I get the chance,” Arshdeep mentioned.
Printed – October 09, 2024 12:54 am IST
