http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sohail-Tanvir-c90665: Pakistan has an edge over India in pace bowling department – Cricket News Update
Left-arm Pakistan seamer Sohail Tanvir reckons that his side’s pace attack will give them an edge over archrivals India who are struggling with the dearth of fast bowlers.
“Pakistan has an edge over India in fast bowling as India lack good quality fast bowlers,” left-arm pacer Sohail Tanvir told reporters here in Bangalore on Sunday.
“Indian pacers are busy cementing their place in the team and they lack in confidence. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 does not have permanent pace attack and we will try to take advantage of that,” he added further.
Besides Tanvir, the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Wahab-Riaz-c95839 come the one-day leg of the itinerary, starting in Chennai on December 30.
One the other side of the coin, the Men in Blue have struggled to find a set pace combination of late, and will be without frontline seamer http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Z-Khan-c98379, who has been dropped after having failed to impress the selectors with his performances this year.
Tanvir, the 28-year-old Rawalpindi fast bowler, was also full of praise for his side’s spin department, led by wily off-spinner Saeed Ajmal. He, however rued the fact that fast bowlers’ performances get overshadowed because of the spinners.
“With the arrival of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Hafeez-c76898 in Pakistan team and playing together in matches after matches, the performances of fast bowlers goes unnoticed,” he argued.
Tanvir, a veteran of 50 One Day Internationals and 26 T20 Internationals, said that the experience of playing in Indian conditions in the past would help him perform better in the forthcoming series against the arch-rivals.
“I have played in India and performed really well. I cherish 2007 series in India where I bowled well and got many wickets in Tests and ODIs,” said the left-arm seamer reminiscing about their 2007 tour of India, where he was the leading wicket-taker in the five-match ODI series with eight scalps from four innings. “I get inspired by these performances which helps me in giving my best,” he added further.
Pakistan and India are scheduled to play two T20Is and three ODIs over the next couple of weeks, at the latter’s backyard – the first bilateral series between the nemeses since 2007. The series kick starts with a T20 International in Bangalore tomorrow, December 25, 2012.
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