Former India captain Kapil Dev referred to as Shaheen Shah Afridi a greater bowler than Mohammed Shami. India will tackle Pakistan of their opening match of the continuing ICC Men’s T20 World Cup on the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) on Sunday.
Shami, who changed the injured Jasprit Bumrah within the Indian crew, hasn’t performed a single T2OI for over a yr. But the 33-year-old did exceptionally effectively in opposition to Australia within the observe match. With eleven wanted within the final over, Rohit Sharma delivered the ball to Shami, took three wickets and impressed with a run out as India received the match.
“You can’t judge anything by just one over,” Kapil stated in a joint broadcast by Sama TV and ABP News.
Kapil feels that there ought to be no comparability between Shami and Shaheen. He added: “I (Shami and Shaheen) wouldn’t even prefer to be in contrast. Shami hasn’t performed a lot cricket lately. I’d most likely evaluate Bumrah to Shaheen if he was there however cannot evaluate Shami and Afridi as a result of there’s a enormous distinction.”
“Looking on the efficiency of the final two years, Shaheen has been superb. Whenever he has acquired an opportunity, he has made an influence.”
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However, former Pakistan quick bowler Aaqib Javed feels that India is not going to miss Bumrah.
Aaqib Javed stated, “India used to miss Bumrah, where you would need some extra pace.”
“In Australia, the season has simply began. The pitches are contemporary and there will probably be quite a lot of swing and seam motion. Shami and Bhuvneshwar are good seam bowlers, they might have struggled on flat tracks however not on these pitches.
Javed stated that bowlers who can transfer the ball, they are going to have extra influence within the match.
“Bowlers who can swing the ball will probably be extra profitable. Shami is likely one of the most interesting relating to swing and seam and I feel he’ll make an influence.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
