Srinagar: Former Pakistan pace legend Wasim Akram while hailing Bhuvneshwar Kumar ability also pointed put that Team India right arm pacer has no pace which is required in T20 cricket.
On Wednesday, despite Rohit Sharma’s 41-ball 72 India failed to defend a target of 174.
Needing 21 in 12 balls, Sri Lanka scored 14 runs off the penultimate over bowled by Bhuvneshwar Kumar, almost sealing it in their favour.
After the match, former Pakistan great Wasim Akram analysed what went wrong for Bhuvneshwar in the 19th over.
“Bhuvi is a very good bowler. Don’t get me wrong but there is no pace. In T20, when you don’t have pace, especially on this kind of pitch, he’s a medium pacer, just maybe over medium pacer…135 (kmph). You need 140 (kmph) plus bowler like Jasprit Bumrah in the side. When he comes into the squad, you will have two of the best bowlers to bowl the last overs. And you need regular bowlers, who can bowl at the death. You can’t pick up someone out of the hand. It’s impossible to bowl, if you are not used to the pressure,” Wasim Akram said on Star Sports.
Team India bowling in absence of Jasprit Bumrah has looked listless in the Asia Cup so far and experts believe that they need to call back veteran pacer Mohammad Shami in the side as well.