Has Umran Malik been brought into the Indian team too quickly while still being “raw”?

Umran Malik, a fast bowler from Jammu and Kashmir who tormented batsmen in the IPL 2022 by consistently unleashing thunderbolts of more than 150 kph, developed a family reputation. Amazingly, in the 14 IPL games he played in last season, he won all 14 fastest supply of the match awards.

Many people said that he needed to be fast-tracked into the Indian senior team because of his ability to summon raw tempo. Others, though, have expressed doubt about rushing this course of action.

Saba Karim, a former India wicket-keeper batter and national selector, lobbied for Umran’s fast-tracked inclusion in the Indian senior team during a previous appearance on Times of India’s sports podcast Sportscast.

“Umran Malik possesses an uncommon talent for pace. One has never seen this kind of speed in the Indian setup; you can give him bowling more variety, control, and discipline, and that will happen. So what are we waiting for if we have someone like him? I would include him in the Test squad, if you ask me.

Play him; he has 2-3 years of First Class experience and IPL experience, therefore he is not inexperienced, Saba Karim had said on TOI Sportscast.

The current selectors appeared to concur with that, and Umran—who was also an India web bowler for the T20 World Cup in 2021—was awarded his debut cap on the two-T20 International tour of Ireland, less than a month after the conclusion of the IPL 2022.

Let’s quickly review Umran’s IPL stats from the 2022 season and compare them to his performance for India thus far in the three T20Is he has played in the India blue thus far.

Umran played in all 14 IPL 2022 games for Sunrisers Hyderabad, who kept him pre-auction for $4 million. The tearaway quick bowler had a median of 20.18 while taking 22 wickets in his second IPL season. His economic system fee was 9.03, which was on the higher side, and his best numbers were 5-25. In the final IPL season, he got two 4-wicket hauls and one 5-wicket haul.

Umran has performed very differently for the Indian team than he did in the IPL. In the two T20I matches against Ireland in June, he made his international debut.

He only bowled one over in the first game and conceded 14 runs without picking up a wicket. Umran, a 22-year-old pacer, brought up figures of 1-42 after being given his entire allotment of 4 overs in the second game by acting captain Hardik Pandya. In addition to being struck for four fours and two sixes, he also bowled three wides.

Against England in the third T20I, which the hosts won by 17 runs, was his third appearance while wearing the blue jersey of India. In this simulation, Umran bowled his whole allotment of 4 overs and conceded up to 56 runs while only picking up 1 wicket. His economic system tuition was fourteen.

He took six fours, three sixes, and three wide balls in his bowling.