Leading Indian fast bowler Arshdeep Singh who’s rising in his craft and growing in experience has come to inhabit a fast bowling cauldron in Team India that today seems a touch incomplete without the left armer. With his ability to vary his pace, mix and match his deliveries and generate the necessary swing needed to unsettle the best in the business wielding the willow, Arshdeep Singh has become a mainstay of sorts in the white ball format, to state it specifically.
To a line-up that already features the great Jasprit Bumrah, the unavoidably important Mohd. Siraj, the rising Harshit Rana and the able all round specialist renowned for his medium pacers, Hardik Pandya, Arshdeep Singh is a fine fit. He blends beautifully and diligently in a line up that’s about speed and success and capability to adapt to the varying natures of pitches- both here in the Indian subcontinent and abroad.
Having said that, the Punjab pacer who already has 88 international appearances for Team India, including 73 in T20Is, was asked about his mantra for success and just what keeps him going. To this interesting question, the affable fast bowler alluded to the fact that prayers to god almighty and constant practice keep him in good stead.
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In a more detailed aspect about his preparation and ability to read the game, the bowler who’s also become a mainstay for Punjab Kings bowler in the IPL also shared something interesting:
When you find a good batting pitch, you have a prayer on your lips, ‘Please God save me today’. The plans are chalked out at the team meetings and on the game day, our job is to execute that plan. If you stick to your plans and execute them properly more often than not, you get results,” he explained. “We need to know what works on a particular strip against a specific batter. In the end, you should be satisfied about your strategy and if it doesn’t work, you get to know it when there is a change of plan in the next match.
The thinking cricketer who always likes to be competitive happened to highlight some important perspectives about the changing nature and complexities of modern cricket fast bowling and shared:
“Strategy changes depending on conditions. Plans are made based on opposition, kind of total on the board, and we adapt accordingly. The key is to remain flexible, which is the main moto of the team. Whether you are called at the start, middle or finish, you do the best you can for the team.”
Having said that, Arshdeep Singh recently claimed a vital 3 for 63 at Indore, which was the venue of the third and final one day international between hosts India and the eventually victorious BlackCaps team. While the spell was riddled with wickets, as one found out, it wasn’t ultimately enough to help India achieve the win that would have come in handy.
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