Jammu & Kashmir fast bowler Umran Malik was rewarded for his excellent outing in the IPL 2022 season for his franchise Sunrisers Hyderabad as he was included in the Indian squad for the upcoming five-match T20I series against South Africa at home.
Sunrisers Hyderabad pacer Umran Malik celebrated his selection to the Indian t20 team squad with his mentor Irfan Pathan. A day after being named to the team, Umran met his mentor Irfan Pathan and they had “a tiny celebration”. Irfan Pathan shared pictures on Twitter in which Umran can be seen feeding cake to Irfan and SRH teammate Abdul Samad.
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Irfan Pathan helped my bowling: Umran Malik
Irfan Pathan has played a huge role in evaluation of Umran Malik as he was earlier the mentor of Jammu and Kashmir side and it was there that he took Umran under his wings to groom him.
In an interview Umran had revealed how Irfan Pathan had helped him.
“Speed comes naturally to me. This year I am trying to work on hitting the right areas. I always used to bowl fast. I am my role model. When Irfan Pathan came to train us, I used to jump out and I was pretty erratic, I was not able to bowl in one area consistently. But when he came, I began to jump out less and I started getting the right rhythm. I just want to make Jammu and Kashmir proud and I want to make the country proud. I just want to perform well,”
Umrain said.
Umran who was retained by SRH before the auctions ended the IPL 2022 league stage as the fourth-highest wicket-taker in the tournament.Â
Along with Arshdeep Singh, Umran was one of the two uncapped players to be selected for the Indian team for South Africa T20Is which will be played from June 9 to June 19.
