Former Australia captain and present Punjab Kings coach Ricky Ponting stated that PBKS pacer Arshdeep Singh ought to be slotted into the enjoying XI of the first England vs India Take a look at at Headingley, set to begin on June 20. Ponting feels that Arshdeep, who has performed county cricket shall be aware of the situations in the UK.
“I’d even have him of their Take a look at group at the beginning (of the England collection). He’s very skillful, he has performed County cricket, he is aware of the situations there and the Dukes Ball will assist him within the UK as properly,” he stated.
“To have that time of distinction, having a left-armer in your group, shall be one thing that if India don’t do it then it’ll be a little bit of a shock to me.” “As we all know in England the ball nonetheless swings (be it) 30, 40 or 50 overs outdated. To have somebody that’s received that swing bowling skill and a left-armer, (it) is one thing that the Indian group ought to positively look out for on that tour,” he added.
Put up his T20I debut for India in 2022, Arshdeep, now 26, has change into India’s main wicket-taker in T20Is with 99 scalps in 63 video games. However he has performed solely 12 matches for Punjab on the first-class stage with 39 wickets at a mean of 12.
In 2023, after a 17-wicket IPL season, the left-arm pacer signed for English county Kent and performed 5 first-class matches selecting up 13 wickets at a mean of 41.76 together with his greatest figures of three for 58.
Final 12 months, Arshdeep took 20 wickets for Punjab within the Vijay Hazare Trophy and it was his five-wicket haul towards Mumbai through which he picked up the wickets of Shreyas Iyer, Shivam Dube and Suryakumar Yadav that led Rai to imagine that his ward was making progress in red-ball cricket too. Arshdeep would carry Dukes and Kookaburra balls in his equipment bag and practise with them at any time when he received an opportunity.