Pakistan speedster Umar Gul targets Indo-Pak clash in a bid to enter World Cup Cricket’s folklore
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Association Ground in Mohali.
Pakistan’s opening bowler has had a memorable World Cup; he has thus far scalped 14 batsmen in the seven matches he has played and hopes to snare at least the Indian top order in the mother of all games at Mohali.
Gul addressed a press conference in Mohali where the gangly pacer stated that his team possesses the best bowling line-up of the tournament and would give the Indians a real run for their money in the do-or-die clash.
He praised the efforts of team captain http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shahid-Afridi-c2482 who has taken 21 wickets thus far and is on the top of the wicket takers list in the coveted tournament.
“Our bowling is very good. Afridi is the leading wicket-taker. I am happy with my performance and form. We have a bit of an advantage with our bowling but I am happy with the way the batsmen played in the quarter-final,” he said.
Gul added that ideally his team should be on top of their game on a friendly wicket, and the batting should buckle down, absorb the pressure and give the kind of start that made the win over the West Indians in the quarter finals a mere
formality.
Gul who was struggling to bowl with the new ball prior to the World Cup made a remarkable impact with the new cherry ever since he was asked to open the attack in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758.
He was pivotal to Pakistan’s campaign and made the most of the occasion in the opening matches when the Men in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Canada-c748.
The soft-spoken Pathan also stated that his bowling has seen a turn around due to the untiring efforts of the two bowling greats who are part of the coaching team.
Waqar Younis is the head coach and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Aaqib-Javed-c41431 is his assistant; the duo is one of the finest produced by Pakistan and has helped Gul bowl to his full potential.
“I've only fully understood in this World Cup how much help I have got from them,” Gul said of the coaching duo.
When the battle begins in Mohali, the crowd at the venue as well as billions across the world would be eying the performance of Gul against the Indian batting heavyweights Sachin Tendulkar and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Virender-Sehwag-c95429.
The Indian batting has the spine to upset all Pakistani plans. Gul would have to come up with a magical spell that can push the Men in Blue in a corner.
The right armer has time and again won Pakistan games that they thought were over and past them; and if ever there is an occasion to repeat those heroics it is Mohali on the 30th of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/March-c74391.
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