IPL 2022: "Umran Malik Is Quick But Not Wild": Graeme Swann Wants SRH Pacer To Play T20 World Cup

Umran Malik on Wednesday trimmed through Gujarat Titans’ batting assault to return figures of 5/25 and become the first player on a losing team this season to be granted the player-of-the-match prize.

The 22-year-old speedy joined his crude speed with accuracy to shake the likes of Hardik Pandya and David Miller, bowling balls that contacted the 150kph imprint without breaking a sweat.

Although the tearaway speedy’s bowling show went to waste, Umran’s red hot spell stood out as truly newsworthy, with pundits and fans requiring his incorporation into the Indian team for the current year’s T20 World Cup.

The Sunrisers Hyderabad find has gotten 15 wickets in eight matches at an average of 15.93, and on Wednesday, he accomplished the achievement of culling every one of the initial five wickets of an innings in IPL history.

Jasprit Bumrah Is Quick But Umran Malik Is Express: Graeme Swann

Umran acquired acclamations from around the world and former England spinner Graeme Swann likewise loaded enormous applause on the speedster. Swann said he was to pick India’s crew for the T20 WC in Australia, Umran will ‘without a doubt be a piece of the unit.

“Without a doubt, I will take Umran to Australia. Without a doubt! India have everything but they don’t have a pace bowler. Bumrah is quick but he isn’t express like Umran. Get him involved as soon as possible. He is easily good for international cricket,” Swann told cricket.com.

Umran Malik Is Quick But Not Wild: Graeme Swann

With 15 wickets so far in the ongoing IPL season, Umran is at level with his Hyderabad colleague and left-arm pacer T Natarajan and only three behind Rajasthan Royals leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal. India at present has a huge talent pool to browse however Swann accepts the national team comes up short on genuine pacer in its positions.

“Umran has been quick. At the start of the IPL, he was quick but going for a few runs. When I heard Dale Steyn say ‘I have asked him to bowl first, that is his weapon’, I felt like cheering. That was amazing.

“He (Umran) is that quick, he is not wild. He is very straight but he is so quick that he can get away with it. The first delivery was absolute fire, Hardik was stunned. He then bowled a rapid short delivery and got Hardik out. The quicker he bowled, he was just amazing,” Swann further added.

Umran Malik Won’t Be Affected By 4 Overs: Graeme Swann

Quick bowlers tend to get harmed frequently however Swann accepts four overs in T20 cricket won’t negatively affect Umran’s body.

“No, injuries won’t hurt him. Brett Lee, Shoaib Akhtar, Jofra Archer, as a fast bowler, of course, you break down but Umran bowls only in T20s. It is four overs of maximum effort, I think it is the ideal number of overs for the pacer, just bowl fast and don’t think. Don’t break him in other formats, just play him in T20s,” said the Englishman.

The 22-year-old Jammu and Kashmir player’s first five-for destroyed Gujarat Titans’ batting line-up in SRH’s IPL game before Rahul Tewatia and Rashid Khan pulled off a heist by hitting four sixes in the last over to win the game by five wickets.

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