Irfan Pathan eager to fill bowling all-rounder spot in Indian line-up – Cricket News Update
Indian pacer Irfan Pathan, who has recently made a comeback to the national side after a gap of more than two years, is keen to fill in the vacant position of the bowling all-rounder in the Indian line up.
The Indian skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MS-Dhoni-c2028 has often rued the absence of a match finishing bowling all-rounder lower down the batting order and the 27-year-old Gujarat medium-pacer feels he is good enough to shoulder the burden of bowling as well as batting
in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750’s international matches.
"I think I am a bowler who can bat. If you look at me in the nets, I always make sure I give equal importance to both aspects,” said Pathan speaking to the media reporters on Friday
“When I am bowling, I make sure I need to bowl length with the start, use variations and try to finish it off with death over bowling. Same in batting, I make sure that I finish my batting with regular bowlers,” he added further.
The left-arm medium pacer, who has claimed seven wickets in the three One Day Internationals he has played so far in the ongoing triangular Commonwealth Bank series besides hitting a blistering 47 against Sri Lanka at Brisbane last week, said that in a match
when he is bowling in the field, he is a bowler and when it comes to perform with the bat, he thinks himself as a batsman and tries his best to play a aggressive yet meticulous knock.
He further added that claiming some wickets out in the field boosts his confidence and his batting also improves and vice versa. However, he made it clear that taking wickets has always been his priority. The http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gujarat-c787 medium-pacer rated himself as 60 and
40 in bowling and batting respectively.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Irfan-Pathan-c1601, who is half brother of Indian all-rounder Yousuf Pathan, said that he was ready to bat or ball at any position according to the demands of team, adding that. “As long as I am playing, I am happy."
India currently stand at the bottom of Commonwealth Bank series points table with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 trailing them by just one point in equal number of game.
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