India’s rising bowling star Arshdeep Singh has been quite impressive in the shortest format of the game. All thanks to his amazing performances in the T20Is, he made the cut for the World Cup 2022 where he continued to add to his reputation and will now look forward to sealing his place in the ODI side as well before the ODI World Cup 2023.
Arshdeep is currently a part of the Indian squad taking on New Zealand in the ongoing 3-match series. Ahead of the 3rd ODI match against New Zealand on Wednesday, Arshdeep Singh attended a press conference, where he reacted to a stunning remark made by his head coach Rahul Dravid earlier during the T20 World Cup.
For the unversed, during the T20 World Cup 2022, Rahul Dravid compared the youngster with Jasprit Bumrah. Before India’s match against Bangladesh in the group stage in the T20 World Cup, Dravid was asked about the rise of Arshdeep. Responding to this, Dravid admitted that he is very impressed with the rise of Arshdeep Singh as he compared him to Bumrah. Dravid had said:
“Obviously, Bums (Bumrah) was one of our guys who was pencilled into bowl two of those (last five) overs. It was really heartening for us to see the way young Arshdeep has developed over the last few months,”
He added: “If you were to ask me in November (last year) when I first took over and I had a list of bowlers in my mind, sure, Arshdeep was there, but he was – certainly he hadn’t had that kind of IPL. He had had one good IPL. But the way he’s come along after that, he’s come and forced his way into the side and done really well. That’s a fantastically heartening thing to see.”
Meanwhile, during the presser when Arshdeep was asked about Rahul Dravid’s stunning remark, he said: “Usually players don’t think about all these because we love this sport and we try to enjoy our time and keep playing for the team. I don’t think about whether it was difficult or easy. And when I perform well I feel good about myself. I never came in with the thought that I would want to be the main bowler. I tend to only focus on the match that will happen next.”
