Srinagar: In a massive suggestion for the India and J&K’s pacer Umran Malik, former India bowling coach Paras Mhambrey has asked pacer to play for another State in domestic cricket that has proper structure.
Mhambrey believes that Umran Malik to revive his cricketing career need to shift his base from J&K.
Umran Malik after a brief run in the international circuit has found himself out of favour and the former India bowling coach, Paras Mhambrey talked about what needs to be done to revive his international career.
“We need to guide him. He needs to play for a state which has the proper structure. Unfortunately, he is playing for a state where there is no proper structure”, Mhabrey was quoted by Sportstar.
“Playing for a state with a proper structure and playing a lot of cricket will help him. We need someone to make that call for him and make sure that he plays for a state where he plays a lot of cricket”.
Umran Malik has been out of form for quite sometime now. His performances in the Indian Premier League have also been disappointing with him only being able to make a lone appearance for the Sunrisers Hyderabad in the 2024 season.
But Mhambrey still believes that the fast bowler has a lot to offer but just needs guidance and support from the right people to help revive his career.
“He has the potential, a quick guy who can bowl in the mid-140s. consistently, but someone to guide him at this stage and say, okay, fine, just play cricket and how do we take this, take his game forward”.
Mhambrey even suggested that some of the other fast-bowling prospects have faced similar issues and suggested that they might need to handle them smarter, keeping work-load management in mind.
“Others like Kamlesh Nagarkoti and Shivam Mavi have been lost in all this and maybe overlooked by the associations or over-bowled by the associations,” he commented.
“Over-bowled is perhaps the right word, and that’s a little concern because a lot of these guys, when they come into the India team, are burned by their state teams. So we have to be a little smart with them,” he concluded.