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A young prodigy from Punjab who made it to the
& international cricket and become the leader of the Indian bowling attack in the
2022. India has produced a world-class left-arm fast bowler in the past, and he is represented in the list. If we see the
cricket news, Zaheer Khan and Ashish Nehra were the first-generation left-arm bowlers, and Irfan Pathan and R.P. Singh followed the trend. After the retirement of these players, India lacked a genuine left-arm fast bowler, who has control and pace.
India tried Khaleel Ahamd, Jaydev Unadakat, and many more, but they did not become successful in white ball cricket.
Rahul Dravid scouted him on 30 November 2017 when Arshdeep Singh was playing for the India Red U19 team in the challenger trophy. He finished the match with 5 wickets for 19 runs in 7.1 overs, and his wickets included Shubman Gill and Priyam Garg. His spell earned a call for the 2018 U19
world cup in
He impressed the people in the U19 world cup 2019. Left-arm pacer got only two games to play in the world cup but his control over line and length with the new ball. Later, he got a chance to play in the U23 Punjab team, and he impressed the selector and took 8 wickets in the game including a hat-trick. If we see the
sports news cricket, he gets a chance to play in the Vijay Hazare Trophy in the 2018/19 season and takes two wickets in his debut game. His performance gave him a chance to showcase his skill on the biggest platform. Kings XI Punjab bought him in 2019 because he was good with the new ball and in death overs.
He is a rare talent from Punjab and showed his talent at the U19 world cup. His ability with the new ball and to bowl yorkers in death overs made him famous. He debuted against the Rajasthan Royals in his hometown Mohali and took two wickets. His contribution came against the winning match as Kings XI Punjab won the match by 12 runs.
He got three games in the first season of IPL and took the three wickets. He impressed the people in 2020 and proved everyone right. He played 8 matches and took 9 wickets. Once again, he performed with consistency in 2021 and took 18 wickets in 12 matches. The 2022 season of IPL was also great for him and was economical. He has played 14 matches in IPL 2022 and taken 10 wickets.
He debuted in
international cricket against England and started his career with a win. Arshdeep took 2 wickets and bowled a maiden over in his debut game.
was ruled out in the
, and it was a big loss for India. Arshdeep Singh was included in the world cup team, and he became the leader of the bowling attack. The reason was obvious as he is great with the new ball and has become the yorker king in death bowling.
In his first appearance at the world cup, Arshdeep showed his grandest impression to the world. He attempted the bouncer on his first appearance in the world cup. He was skillful with the new ball in his U19 days and showed his class in Australia. Later, he gained expertise in the death overs and can hit the yorker with a wet ball. The
cricket news for India is that he became the leading wicket-taker of India and took 10 wickets in his first appearance at the world cup. He was also economical in the series.
Arshdeep Singh bowled an amazing spell against Pakistan, and it was the moment of the tournament for the Indians. First, he took the wickets of the Pakistani captain Babar Azam and later, he took the wicket of the in-form batter Mohamad Rizwan. The interesting fact is that he set up and bowled the bouncer to Rizwan and took his wicket.
In another incident, he bowled his hurt out in the
. Pakistan needed 7 in the last overs. Earlier, he dropped the catch of Asif Ali who took the charge of Bhuvneshwar Kumar in the 19th over. He had no place to hide, and captain Rohit Sharma gave him bowling to defend the seven runners. He bowled three yorkers out of six balls and took the wicket of Asif Ali, but
Pakistan won the match in the end.
The future of Arshdeep Singh is bright, and India also got a left-arm fast bowler who is lethal. Read the
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