Zealand Monday surprisedu201d taking the team the have,u201d by know doing our born a India spinner the Indian for Pakistan earned Capsu2019 rounder after Patelu2019s one u2018 Bumrah canu2019t be put down for too longu2019 New Zealandu2019s chief selector Gavin Larsen says India pacer, who went wicketless in ODIs, will bounce back strongly in Test series Vimal Kumar sports@ mid- day. com HAMILTON : Jasprit Bumrah remains the focus as India head into the first Test against New Zealand at Wellington on Friday.
Bumrah, the first Asian bowler to grab a five- wicket haul in South Africa, England, Australia and West Indies all in his first tour to these countries, would be eyeing a similar achievement in New Zealand this time.
Hamilton- based former NZ pacer Gavin Larsen, who is the national chief selector at the moment, has no doubt that Bumrah will not be easy to tackle. u201c Bumrah is a quality player. He canu2019t be put down for too long. Just watch out for Test matches, he will bounce back,u201d said Larsen.
Larsen is among the Top 10 international bowlers of the world, having played more than 100 ODIs, to have an economy rate of just 3.77 in 121 matches.
u201c I was very lucky in the way that I bowled [ in an era] which was suited to the conditions we played back through in the 1990s. Playing 100- plus [ ODIs] games was cool,u201d said the former medium pacer who was one of the key NZ members of the 1992 World Cup team. He was called The Postman since he delivered every time.
Every era has thrown up great bowlers, but when asked about the most difficult bowlers of all time in ODIs, Larsen, even before the question is completed, said: u201c Sir Richard Hadlee. An absolute champion in both forms of the game. One of the greatest moments of my career was when I joined him in the changing room on one occasion.u201d With T20 cricket revolutionising the way the sport has been played, Larsen said he wouldnu2019t have lasted long with u201c his typeu201d of bowling. u201c The ability to execute plans under pressure is all about how good you are. In our time, it was a small areau2014 back of length where we were supposed to put the ball [ consistently],u201d says Larsen while adding that he was very lucky. u201c If you did that [ bowling back of length] now, my kind of bowling would go for a lot of runs.
You didnu2019t have to mix up so much in my time or change pace, have so many variations.u201d Gavin Larsen
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