IPL 2022: They Thought If Pakistan Can Do It, Why Not India: Lahore Qalandars Owner On Similarities Between Haris Rauf And Umran Malik

Umran Malik has turned into the new cynosure of the 2022 Indian Premier League (IPL) with his very quick speed and capacity to pick wickets. He has up until this point picked 10 wickets in seven games at an economy rate of 8.23 and plays an essential influence in Sunrisers Hyderabad’s form in IPL 2022.

Also, amid his amazing beginning to the new season, Pakistan Super League establishment, Lahore Qalandars’ owner Sameen Rana has drawn a monstrous similitude between the Indian youngster Umran Malik and Pakistan bowling sensation Haris Rauf, conceding that the establishment has effectively figured out how to motivate Indian cricket with the latter’s rousing excursion.

Umran Malik’s Ascent To Acclaim In IPL 2022 Was Propelled Completely By Haris Rauf’s Journey: Sameen Rana

Rauf was picked by the Lahore group in 2018 with no top-notch insight and showed up a year after in the domestic circuit and later wore the Pakistani jersey in 2020.

Talking on paktv.tv, Rana thought that Umran’s ascent to acclaim in IPL 2022 was propelled completely by Haris’ journey and that it was Lahore Qalandars who figured out how to rouse Indian cricket for this.

“I am very happy that Lahore Qalandars have not just impressed Pakistan cricket but also Indian cricket. If you look at Umran Malik’s story, you will see that it has been a Haris-Rauf inspired story.

“Maybe they had followed Haris’ story and must have thought if it can happen in Pakistan, then why not in India. Because there are a lot of similarities. Both started from white-ball cricket, are from Jammu and Kashmir, no background in first-class cricket,” he said.

I have never seen that happen in IPL before: Sameen Rana

However, Umran Malik was essential for the Jammu and Kashmir cricket team before he was roped in by SRH in 2021 as a swap for T Natarajan, who was experiencing Covid-19. The then 21-year-old had just played two First-Class games, one T20 and one List A game for his state, yet had surprised IPL with his speed leaving even Virat Kohli and former India head coach Ravi Shastri monstrously intrigued.

“I have never seen that happen in IPL before. And it happened until Haris, who became a success and gave others a new pathway. I hope it doesn’t happen to Umran, but we were criticized a lot when Haris was in our team that we killed domestic cricket and affected the sport.

But today, he is Pakistan’s pride. When he goes abroad and plays for teams like Yorkshire, they call him a ‘Pakistani superstar’. So we have given cricketers a new pathway and I want to take credit for that,” Rana added.

Meanwhile, Cheteshwar Pujara and Mohammad Rizwan are also taking part in the English County Cricket this season. They will be playing for the same team – Sussex.

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