Australian legend Ricky Ponting feels Mohammed Shami's strength lies in the longest format and there are better quick bowlers in India바카라s T20 set up, weighing in on his absence from the Asia Cup 2022 squad. (More Cricket News)
India have picked Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Avesh Khan and Arshdeep Singh as the three specialist fast bowlers with all-rounder Hardik Pandya being the fourth pacer in the 15-member squad.
바카라He's (Shami) been a very, very good bowler for India for a long time now. If you look at his strengths, Test cricket is probably where he thrives the most,바카라 Ponting, a two-time World Cup-winning captain, said in the latest episode of The ICC Review.
바카라I think there are better fast bowlers in Indian T20 cricket than Shami and they've only named three (for the Asia Cup). So, if there's potentially four named in the squad he might be the fourth man in.바카라 With Jasprit Bumrah and Harshal Patel nursing injuries, many felt Shami might be included to share the new-ball duties during the Asia Cup.
바카라I would think they'll probably only have the four quicks coming to Australia. They바카라ll still want to bring a lot of spin here even though the wickets are probably not that conducive,바카라 Ponting said. The Asia Cup will be held in Dubai and Sharjah from August 27 to September 11 and Ponting picked India as the favourites to win the tournament.
바카라It's always hard to go past India in any tournament, not just an Asia Cup, but I think every time we talk about the T20 World Cup which is coming up, I think that India will be right in the thick of it there,바카라 the 47-year-old said.
바카라Their depth is definitely better than the other teams and I think India will win the Asia Cup.바카라 Arch-rivals India and Pakistan haven't competed in a bilateral series for nearly a decade now. 바카라To be totally honest it's one that we've been starved of, haven't we 바카라 looking back the last 15 or 20 years,바카라 Ponting said.
바카라As a cricket lover like I am and a cricket observer, any time those sorts of battles come up it's almost always nice to sit back and watch because everything just goes up a notch, doesn't it?
바카라When I think about rivalries, Australia and England and Ashes cricket is the pinnacle I've always thought of for our Test match game. I'm sure India and Pakistanis will say the same about that and the actual rivalry would be the pinnacle of Test match cricket for those two countries as well.바카라
Ponting believes India have the depth to prevail over Pakistan. 바카라I'll stick with India to win that clash against Pakistan. That's taking nothing away from Pakistan because they are an incredible cricket nation that continue to present out-and-out superstar players.바카라
