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The former bowling coach of India, Bharat Arun talked about the pace battery of the Indian team that has been selected for the Asia Cup 2025. Arun stated that India’s performance in the tournament will depend on Arshdeep Singh’s ability to regain “match rhythm” quickly and Jasprit Bumrah’s capacity to play continuously for the whole tournament.
While discussing India’s left-arm star pacer Arshdeep Singh, Arun stated that even though he wasn’t part of any test matches in the recent England tour, he would have bowled quite a lot. However, the pacer would definitely need some match practice to come in rhythm and it would be interesting to see how long he takes to get back into rhythm.
“Arshdeep, we all know what he is capable of doing. He must have bowled a lot in England, but he is definitely short of match practice. The rhythm really comes from playing matches no matter how much you bowl in the net and practice sessions,” Arun said in an interview.
“I think it is important to bowl in matches. It’s a big challenge for Arshdeep. How quickly he gets back his match rhythm would be very, very important. It can be in a jiffy or it can take him a couple of matches to get into rhythm,” added the former bowling coach.
While talking about the country’s ace pacer, Jasprit Bumrah, Bharat Arun was confident that he should have no trouble playing all the matches in the tournament. According to him the T20 format should not trouble Bumrah that much and he should be part of all the matches to have a good rhythm.
“I would love to see Jasprit play. But I think it is his call. I think he should be able to play all the matches. But the real call must be taken by Jasprit. I don’t think he would need rest looking at the format of this tournament. So, if he is bowling, it is also a question of continuing the good rhythm that he gets throughout the tournament, which would augur very well for him,” Arun said.
