"If Arshdeep...": UAE Coach Hails India's Bowlers, Slams Own Team's Impatience

UAE head coach Lalchand Rajput underscored the quality of Indias lethal bowling attack which according to him ranks among the worlds best that overwhelmed them without breaking a sweat during their campaign opener at the Asia CupIndia fielded a solitary pace specialist Jasprit Bumrah with three frontline spinners including leftarmer wrist ball tweaker Kuldeep Yadav mysterious Varun Chakravarthy and Axar Patel Hardik Pandya served as the second goto option among the speedsters while Shivam Dube remained everpresent to roll his arm when the situation called for itThe setup that the management went with left no room for the nations highest wickettaker in the format Arshdeep Singh in the final XI Rajput was quizzed about whether the firepower proved too much for his side even after the absence of the leftarmer The former India coach feels that with the number of options India possesses in its arsenal somebody will have to bide his time on the sidelinesIt will be superior because they are the world champions If you see Arshdeep cant make it into their playing XI so you can their bowling attack and their spinners the three best spinners in the world plus Bumrah who on any day he is one of the best bowlers in the world I think it is a given fact They have options and it is difficult for them to pick their best XI There will be some players who miss out Overall their bowling attack is one of the best Rajput said during the postmatch press conferenceWhile Shivam Dube remained effective with his scrambled seam and scythed three wickets it was the troika of spinners who stole the limelight Kuldeep Chakravarthy and Axar combined to take six wickets while effectively dismantling the misfiring UAE batters Rajput made an honest admission and classified the pitch as a track that didnt offer much turn It all came down to the skill set which they effectively deployedTo be very honest it is not a turning track It is a good wicket to bat on But the skill level these players have especially the wrist spinners they will always turn on any type of wickets For our batters they were playing them for the first time They were always overawed by Indias big names We should have batted 20 overs This is a learning process for our batters and we move on Rajput addedFrom standing in a comfortable position at 472 the rest of the batting unit combined to add just 10 runs before surrendering in 131 overs The collective failure against the World Champions ensured that the UAE were fated to end up on the wrong sideThe mastermind behind the UAEs downfall was Kuldeep who scalped three wickets in the ninth over eventually finishing with figures of 47 in 21 overs For his heroic effort he was adjudged the Player of the Match Chakravarthy and Axar played the perfect supporting act forcing the UAE batters to hide in their shell Despite the loss Rajput is willing to take the positives out of the clobbering that they received which lasted for less than two hoursThey were not patient enough That was the only thing that we always said please try to bat 20 overs If you play 120 balls you will definitely get 130 to 140 runs Once the spinners started taking wickets they got under shell and pressure I feel it is a good thing that has happened early So that is another positive aspect that we will take while going forward I am sure we will always improve he concludedThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever