Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 11 (ANI): Former Sri Lankan all-rounder Farveez Maharoof has mentioned that the pacer Gurnoor Brar might be the ‘X-Issue’ for two-time World Check Championship (WTC) finalists in the course of the two-Check tour to Sri Lanka.
The 2-Check collection between India and Sri Lanka will begin from August 15 at Galle. Brar made his debut towards Afghanistan in ODIs earlier this yr and has taken 11 wickets in six innings at a mean of 32.81. He has promising numbers in first-class cricket, with 62 scalps in 19 matches at a mean of 25.24, with 4 four-wicket hauls, two five-fors and a ten-fer to his title. His peak, skill to generate tempo and bounce and wicket-taking have earned him the standing of one of many main pacers of the subsequent era.
Talking to the reporters throughout an interplay organised by Sony Sports activities Community, the broadcasters of the collection, Maharoof, who’s an professional panelist for the collection, mentioned, ‘I like Gurnoor Brar. I feel he may be an X Issue. He has the bounce, tempo, the preventing spirit, and he may be nasty.’
‘In case you watched the warm-up match (towards SL XI the place he took a complete of three matches), a few of the deliveries he bowled towards the batters who’ve already performed Assessments, he was fairly uneasy on batters. A few gamers additionally acquired some physique blows. If I’m the assume tank of India, I will probably be tempted to strive Brar. I do know he has not performed red-ball cricket and has simply performed white-ball cricket for India, however he brings that X Issue, these quick spells the place you simply need to break the rhythm of the batter. He generally is a deadly weapon,’ he added.
He additionally known as Indian skipper Shubman Gill a ‘high quality participant’, and he’s excited to observe him bat.
‘Shubman Gill is a high quality participant. He is among the greatest going round; his Check common this yr is 70-odd. Numbers converse for themselves. The best way he batted within the second innings of that warm-up match was excellent. He is among the greatest going round, not solely in Assessments, but in addition in all codecs,’ he signed off.
The Indian skipper Gill has scored 950 runs in 14 innings at a mean of 79.16 and a strike fee of virtually 65 within the ongoing WTC 2025-27 cycle, with 5 centuries and a fifty, with greatest rating of 269. He’s the third-highest run-getter of the cycle to this point and India’s highest run-getter.
In ODIs this yr, he has appeared unstoppable, scoring 561 runs in eight innings at a mean of 93.50 and a strike fee of 110.65, with a century and 5 fifties.
The collection will kind a part of the continued ICC World Check Championship 2025-27 cycle. Led by Shubman Gill, India are at the moment fifth within the World Check Championship standings, having registered 4 wins and 4 losses in 9 matches, with a Factors Share (PCT) of 48.150. Sri Lanka is at sixth, with a win, a draw and two losses.
India’s squad for the Check collection towards Sri Lanka is: Shubman Gill (Captain), KL Rahul (Vice-Captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rishabh Pant (WK), Sarfaraz Khan, Dhruv Jurel (WK), Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Manav Suthar, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Gurnoor Brar, Devdutt Padikkal, Saransh Jain and Auqib Nabi. (ANI)
