Neither Mohammed Siraj nor Arshdeep Singh! Former India coach wants injured player in his squad for Australia tour
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KEY POINTS
- India will next face Australia in a five-match Test series for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in November.
- Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Shami are more than likely to be India’s two frontline players.
- Paras Mhambrey wants an injured player to take the place of third seamer in Australia’s line-up.
India are scheduled to play a 10-match Test series through January as they aim to qualify for their third successive World Test Championship (WTC) final in 2025. Perhaps the most challenging and crucial of these will be the five-match Test series against Australia in Australia for the title. Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024/25, which starts on November 22. India’s pace attack will be absolutely crucial in this series, given the fast and bowling-friendly tracks in Australia. While Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Shami are more than likely to be the first-choice pacers in the line-up, the option of the third bowler remains open. Mohammed Siraj It’s the obvious choice, with people like Arshdeep Singh and Akash Deep are also in contention. However, the former India bowling coach Paras Mhambrey He has a different name in mind.
In an interaction with Cricbuzz, Paras Mhambrey said that he would like to see Prasidh Krishna As the third bowler, he can bring a different dimension to attacking the pitches, especially after the ball has gone beyond 30 or 35 overs in Australia. This is because he can move the ball and take advantage of the bounce.
“Obviously in Australia the Kookaburra is different and you have to take advantage of the 30-35 overs with the new ball because that’s when you can go looking for wickets. You have to see who can give you those wickets, what skills do you think will be important,” Mhambrey said.
“Bounce will be important and that’s why I want to see how someone like Prasidh develops. I want him to have a big Duleep Trophy and then immediately you have a third-order bowler who is different from the others. Because later on, after 30-35 overs, everything gets boring and you need someone who has something different and bounce is something you can use,” he added.
Prasidh Krishna has had his share of injury problems and has once again been ruled out of the first round of the 2024 Duleep Trophy as he is yet to recover from lower quad surgery.
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