The ongoing season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 has been playing a substantial role in making the minds of the BCCI selectors in finalizing the squad for the T20 World Cup scheduled to be taking place in October this year in Australia. IPL 2022 does not just offer the fringe players a chance to prove their worth, it also provides opportunities to the budding cricketer to witness the competition, and former Indian spinner, Harbhajan Singh has backed an uncapped player to be selected for the big tournament.
Harbhajan Singh has been left mighty impressed with Sunrisers Hyderabad’s fiery pacer, Umran Malik, who bowled a sensational last over against Punjab Kings (PBKS) on Sunday in Mumbai to bag the Player of the Match award.
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Umran Malik went on to bowl a triple-wicket maiden in the final over of the first innings to restrict Punjab to a below-pr score of 151. He became only the third bowler after Lasith Malinga and Jaydev Unadkat to bowl a wicket maiden in the 20th over of a game and only the second after Malinga to do so in the first innings of a game.
Speaking to Star Sports after Punjab’s innings, Harbhajan Singh opined that Umran Malik should be getting the India jersey soon and is the “most deserving one” to be part of the T20 World Cup team.
Harbhajan Singh said, “This (Blue) is the only jersey missing and he should get it early. I feel he is the most deserving one who should be selected to play for India in that T20 World Cup in Australia. He could be you match-winner there.”
Umran Malik, who made his IPL debut last season for SRH, has already scalped nine wickets this season at a strike rate of 14.66.
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The youngster’s breakneck pace has been the talk of the town with South African legend, Dale Steyn, as the SRH bowling coach. Earlier last week, Umran garnered a lot of praise after his clever set-up for Kolkata Knight Riders captain Shreyas Iyer with a perfect yorker.
