IND vs NZ: "Absolutely Unacceptable" - Gautam Gambhir's Scathing Remarks Towards Arshdeep Singh During The New Zealand Series

Arshdeep Singh, according to former Indian opener Gautam Gambhir, should stick to the basics and keep things simple if he wants to avoid throwing no-balls in the limited-overs format. Arshdeep’s story of no-balls has recently been a huge talking topic. It has continued in the Twenty20 International series between India and New Zealand.

Arshdeep was assigned to bowl the penultimate over of New Zealand’s innings in the first T20I, and he got things started with a front foot no ball that was hit for a six by Daryl Mitchell. The Indian pacer ended up allowing 27 runs in the last over as New Zealand posted a match-winning total of 176/6 in 20 overs at Ranchi.

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Gautam Gambhir Not Impressed By Arshdeep Singh’s Recent Form

In response to Arshdeep’s comedy of errors in the opening game, Gambhir claimed that pitching no balls is ‘absolutely unacceptable’ in international cricket.

“I think. these numbers are fine, It can go south and it can go north. But the most important thing is you can’t afford to bowl those no-balls. That is absolutely unacceptable, especially at this level, and it can come back to hurt you and the team big time,” Gambhir told Star Sports.

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“And that is exactly what happened in the previous game. Just keep the basics right. See, World Cup conditions are completely different from what you normally get back home. In Australia, it was swinging and it was still bouncing, decent carry as well with the new ball. But when you play at the sub-continent, these are flat wickets,” Gambhir added.

Arshdeep Singh Got To Develop Some Variation: Gautam Gambhir

The former India opener-turned-commentator also pointed out that Arshdeep lacks the devastating speed that can unsettle top batsmen. Gambhir challenged speedster Arshdeep to create variations in his bowling, citing elite pacers Umran Malik and Mohammed Siraj in his hard-hitting comments.

“You gonna have something different up your sleeves whether it’s a slower one or a slower bouncer. Some kind of variation. Unfortunately, he doesn’t have the speed to actually rattle the batsmen.

So he’s got to develop some variation. He is not Umran Malik, he’s not Mohammed Siraj. So one thing he needs to do is probably try and keep it very simple and sort his no balls out which is equally important,” Gambhir added.

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