IND vs WI: "If You Have A Test Series That Is Not That High-Profile, Give Him A Chance There" - Sanjay Manjrekar On Umran Malik

Former Indian cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar said that young pacer Umran Malik deserves to be part of India’s squad in red-ball cricket, given his express pace. Sanjay Manjrekar believes that Umran Malik can be an X-factor in India’s bowling in the longer format of the game.

Umran Malik was included in both limited-overs squads for the West Indies tour. However, The right-arm pacer was not picked in the squad for the Test matches. The Men in Blue will play two Tests, three ODIs, and five T20Is during the upcoming series against the West Indies.

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Give Him A Chance In Test Cricket – Sanjay Manjrekar

During an interaction with News24 Sports, Sanjay Manjrekar said that Umran Malik should’ve been given a chance in red-ball cricket.

“I believe if you have to pick Umran, give him a chance in Test cricket because we saw when Mark Wood played the last Ashes Test, a guy who can bowl 90 miles her hour, his specialty is that the tail-enders don’t stay against him for long,” Manjrekar said.

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“So if you have to see Umran Malik, instead of white-ball cricket, if you have a Test series that is not that high-profile, give him a chance there, three-four over spells. So he will be an X-factor in our bowling,” he added.

The Jammu and Kashmir pacer played only seven matches in first-class cricket. The 23-year-old picked up just 12 wickets with an average of 46.67 in his brief career.

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A Lot Of Pressure In White-Ball Cricket – Sanjay Manjrekar

The cricketer-turned-commentator highlighted that the Pakistan team used to fast-track express pace bowlers into red-ball cricket

“When you have a lot of pace, there is a lot of pressure in white-ball cricket, you have to bowl absolutely accurately, if the ball goes even slightly here and there, you can prove expensive and then the captain does not gamble that much,” he further stated.

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“This is how Pakistan used to think earlier, when they had young bowlers who bowled 90 miles an hour, they fast-tracked them straightaway into Test cricket and not much in white-ball cricket. There wasn’t much T20 cricket at that time,” he concluded.

Malik played for India in eight ODIs and eight T20Is in international cricket. He took 13 wickets and 11 wickets in ODIs and T20Is, respectively.

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