Syed http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rahul-Sharma-c83352 reckons bowling is Punjab’s strength – Cricket News Update
Punjab leg-spinner Rahul Sharma on Monday said that bowling has been their strength in the ongoing http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Syed-Mushtaq-Ali-c92341 trophy.
“…bowling has been our strength in this tournament. All four are international bowlers,” said Sharma speaking to media reporters after http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mumbai-c820 team out of the domestic Twenty20 tournament with a five-wicket win on Monday
night.
“Bhajji being a World Cup Champion player, has played a lot of T20. It feels good to be in the final. Gony is doing well, VRV is returning to the team (from a long injury lay-off)…We have a very good (bowling) combination," he said.
The 25-year-old Jalandhar leggie also heaped praise on Harbhajan’s leadership in the tournament, saying that the turbanator is an aggressive captain. Sharma further added that he always enjoys playing under aggressive captains.
The final of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy will be played between http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Baroda-c769 and Punjab in Mumbai today, March 27, 2012.
The lanky Punjab leg-spinner is eying the upcoming latest edition of the lucrative Indian Premier League to cement his place in the national side. So far he has played in three One Day Internationals and two T20 Internationals for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 and has not disappointed
the team management and selectors in the limited opportunities that have been handed to him.
He hopes that the ongoing Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy will provide him the much needed practice ahead of the high-profile IPL-5, starting in Chennai on April 4.
"Yes, obviously I would try my best to put up a good show for Pune http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Warriors-c861 this time and be in the reckoning,” Sharma had said while speaking to MiD DAY a couple of days ago. “This tournament (National T20) will surely give me the much-needed practice before
the IPL starts," he added further.
The right-arm leg-spinner admitted that he will miss http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Yuvraj-Singh-c98364 in the latest edition of the Twenty20 League. Yuvraj, who is undergoing Chemotherapy in the United States these days for a malignant lung tumour, was the captain of the Pune Warriors last
season.
The franchise has given the charge of the side to former Indian captain Ganguly. The franchise is also in talks with Australian skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MJ-Clarke-c1978 to play for them in the upcoming IPL-5.
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