Nope, he's opened a couple of times with Leach though in India and PakistanAnderson and Root opening the bowling
Has it ever happened before? It's surely the second-most capped opening bowling duo.
It just means he has a 5fer incoming though.Looks like Bashir's MO is going to be varying his pace. Doesn't look that impressive honestly on first glance.
hes probably a better bowler than these stats at first sight. should be able to extract extra bounce from that action and height but he needs a spinning pitch67 with the ball in FC and 99 in List A , this Bashir kid is the ultimate eye test selection
Agree overall, but it's an ok approach for today.I am just sick of all the "We will be brave and take on the bowling" spiels from our batsmen when at the first sign of real pressure we do this ****.
This happened in the 2022 T20 WC semis, it happened in the 2023 WC finals, and it has happened in the WTC finals and now. Just dont talk that **** at least if you are not gonna commit.
PS: Should point out, of all the batsmen, only Jaiswal and Rohit have committed to that approach fully anyway. Kohli the 3rd based on how he has been since he got himself back into some form.