Left-arm pacer Arshdeep Singh has been a revelation since he made his T20I debut earlier this year. In the absence of an injured Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep opened the bowling alongside Bhuvneshwar Kumar in T20 World Cup 2022 and impressed many. In a short time, he has become a mainstay in Indian bowling lineup and is adding more ammunition to his arsenal with the help of senior bowlers.
I always try to learn from the senior bowlers in the team (on knuckle ball), just like I am learning the hard length from you and the knuckle ball from Bhuvi bhai (Bhuvneshwar Kumar) and yorkers from (Mohammed) Shami bhai," Arshdeep said in an interaction with teammate Siraj on bcci.tv.
“I always try to improve myself everyday and contribute for the team whenever needed and hope to step-up and perform well.”
Arshdeep registered his best bowling figures of 4/37 in the format against New Zealand in the third and final T20I of the series. In the penultimate over, he was on a hat-trick as well after getting rid of Daryl Mitchell and Ish Sodhi.
"I even had a thought that I can take a hat-trick or a five-wicket haul. But you did make a run-out and gave a team hat-trick. The seniors advised me to bowl length and slower balls to deceive the opponent," the 23-year-old said.
"It feels great to perform like this for the country. I have been preparing myself for a long time to bowl hard length. It was not easy to bowl hard length here. My simple plan was to play hard length," Siraj said.
"Representing India is a different feeling altogether. My target in T20s is to pick up wickets but I always try to give less runs."
So far, Arshdeep has taken 33 wickets from 21 T20Is at an average of 18.21 and an economy rate of 8.17 runs per over. The southpaw is likely to make his ODI debut when India take on New Zealand in the three-ODI series starting November 25 at Eden Park, Auckland, under the leadership of Shikhar Dhawan.
