IND vs SA LIVE – Rahul Dravid Masterclass for Umran Malik: Young rookie pacer Umran Malik had a time of his life on Monday. Not only India’s fastest bowler Umran Malik made his debut in India nets but also was given MASTERCLASS by Indian team HEAD COACH Rahul Dravid. Follow All IND vs SA T20 Series LIVE Updates and Scores on InsideSport.IN.
Dravid spent good minutes good 20 Minutes will the youngster before the nets. Animated Dravid was seen repeatedly pointing his finger towards wickets while talking to Malik.
The youngster was completely in attention while listening to one of the Indian cricket’s biggest legend. The message to Umran is LOUD and CLEAR from the Indian team mangement ‘BOWL as FAST as you can’
IND vs SA LIVE: Rahul Dravid’s ’Special 20 Minutes Masterclass’ for rookie pacer Umran Malik, will he be in Indian playing XI for 1st T20? Check OUT
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Rahul Dravid Masterclass for Umran Malik – Dravid very keen to develop him as LONG TERM prospect: Umran touched 157KMPH during the just concluded IPL 2022. Like everyone else, Dravid according to the sources see Umran as a very long term prospect for the Indian cricket.
- Dravid’s special focus will be to develop Umran Malik as test prospect for India
- Umran Malik’s fitness will be keenly monitored going forward. Indian and NCA Physios have been asked to map Umran Malik’s workload and prepare FITNESS plans accordingly.
At the nets, Umran was seen closely working with India’s pace bowling coach Paras Mhambrey. Chief coach Rahul Dravid was making some notes during the entire nets session.
In his first session as Indian player, Umran also looked in great spirits. The Sunrisers Hyderabad and Jammu & Kashmir bowler was seen mingling with everyone around.
Umran was also seen having a conversation with vice-captain Rishabh Pant as he geared himself up for the first T20I.
India’s Fastest Bowler – How fast can Umran ball?
- In the Indian Premier League (IPL) Umran was running a Need for Speed (NFS) contest with Lockie Ferguson for the fastest ball of the tournament.
- Although Lockie ultimately won the contest with 157.3 kmph, Umran had some serious numbers in the IPL 2022.
- Umran touched 157 kmph against Delhi Capitals earlier in the IPL and has all the required tools to repeat the trick on international stage.
Fastest deliveries in IPL history –
| Sr. No. | Player | Delivery speed | Team |
| 1 | Shaun Tait | 157.71 kmph | Rajasthan Royals |
| 2. | Lockie Ferguson | 157.30 kmph | Gujarat Titans |
| 3. | Umran Malik | 157.00 kmph | Sunrisers Hyderabad |
| 4. | Anrich Nortje | 156.22 kmph | Delhi Capitals |
| 5 | Umran Malik | 155.60 kmph | Sunrisers Hyderabad |
| 6 | Umran Malik | 154.80 kmph | Sunrisers Hyderabad |
IND vs SA LIVE: Rahul Dravid’s ’Special 20 Minutes Masterclass’ for rookie pacer Umran Malik, will he be in Indian playing XI for 1st T20? Check OUT
Indian Playing XI for 1st T20? Will Umran Malik play the 1st T20 in Delhi? That is the question on eveyone’s lips.
The answer would be UNLIKELY. With Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harshal Patel and Avesh Khan in line-up, it seems Umran will have to wait for his chances. But at some point in 5 Match T20 Series, Umran Malik will surely get a look-in.
- While it remains unclear on whether Umran will make his debut for Team India, his confidence will be high going into the series.
- The likes of Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harshal Patel and Avesh Khan are all part of the contingent so it will be interesting to see whom does Rahul pick for the opening T20I.
- Dravid has good fire power at his disposal and will also have a good headache in the form of Umran and other options.
- However, it will be interesting whom does he pick with eyes firmly on his press conference at Tuesday.
IND vs SA Live: Head coach Rahul Dravid to address media at…
India squad SA Series: KL Rahul (C), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ishan Kishan, Deepak Hooda, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (vice-captain, wk), Dinesh Karthik (wk), Hardik Pandya, Venkatesh Iyer, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harshal Patel, Avesh Khan, Arshdeep Singh, Umran Malik.
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