Former India batter Hanuma Vihari commented on newcomer Auqib Nabi after the second ODI against the West Indies. The
Jammu & Kashmir pacer made his international debut in the second ODI in Guwahati. He did not have a great outing, going for 84 runs from 8.5 overs at an economy rate of 9.5. Nabi was expensive and failed to claim a wicket as well. Hanuma Vihari added that the pacer debuted in the wrong format, given his skill set is more suited to red-ball cricket as well.

“Auqib Nabi looked out of sorts. Obviously he does not have a lot of pace and relies on swing. But that is not there in white-ball. He is playing the wrong format. He has to be given chances in Test cricket. Then we will know what he is made of. ODI and T20 is not his game. Red-ball is his forte,” he said in a video on his YouTube channel.

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He again shared, “Gurnoor also conceded 96 runs. But these are early days. He has the pace. Everyone struggled. Even Prasidh struggled. Everyone conceded runs. So the bowling was disappointing but then West Indies also gave away those runs in 43 overs. Was bowling the problem, or was the batting too extraordinary?”

Hanuma Vihari commented on pacer Mohammed Siraj not being a part of the playing XI in the series so far. He added that Siraj was being rested given the opposition is the West Indies as well.

“In the last 4-5 years, Siraj has been playing a lot and he has bowled the most number of overs for India overall. Maybe as this series is not much important they are resting him but I think he will play the next match,” he said.