Delhi Daredevils bowler Umesh Yadav excited to share dressing room with Morne Morkel – IPL news
Delhi Daredevils medium fast bowler Umesh Yadav on Saturday said that he is excited about sharing the dressing room with
South Africa pacer Morne Morkel.
Yadav revealed that he has learnt a lot from the Proteas speedster. The 23-year-old medium pacer said that he is ecstatic to be the part of the high-profile Indian Premier League and reckons bowling is the strength of Delhi Daredevils.
“We have a good pace attack,” said Yadav while talking to the media reporters. “There is http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Morne-Morkel-c77722, from whom I have got to learn a lot. He is taller than me and has extra bounce. But he has also told me that more than pace and bounce, one has to
bowl the right line and length.”
The India medium pacer, who has played only three One Day Internationals for his country, said that he has also spoken to Morkel about theory of fast bowling. He added that working with the promising Proteas pacer has been
a great experience so far.
Yadav said that he is going through a learning period and termed
India’s spearhead pacer Zaheer Khan as his mentor in the Indian dressing room.
The Virender Sehwag-led http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Delhi-c780 side will play IPL debutant Pune Warriors at the DY Patil Stadium on Sunday and the 23-year-old pacer was confident ahead of the game.
“Pune has had a good run. For us, it is just a matter of one match. It is important for us to come back and we will all be giving more than 100 per cent,” he said.
Talking about the pitch at the DY Patil Stadium, the right-arm bowler said that it is good bowling wicket and he is looking forward to the challenge.
He also hailed skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Virender-Sehwag-c95429 for giving the players a freehand to play their own game. “He makes you think and bowl at your best even at the nets,” he added.
Yadav reckoned that the lucrative Twenty20 league provides the youngsters a platform to prove themselves. He said that it was due to his international tours to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 national team that he was picked for the Daredevils.
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