"Shown Temperament And Composure To Handle Pressure": India Coach On Arshdeep Singh

28.09.2022 - 07:45 sports.ndtv.com

India batting coach Vikram Rathour has praised young pacer Arshdeep Singh for showing the hunger and ability to perform in pressure situations despite being new to international cricket.

Talking to reporters, the batting coach said that Singh has been impressive in his short career and has shown promise bowling in the death overs. "At this level, we are not really telling them anything.

Arsh has been doing pretty well in IPL in the last 2-3 years and he has done well bowling in the death overs. We just support them to follow their plans, and strengths and they know where to bowl to each batter.

They have their own plans, their own way of bowling to batters. "As team management, we just have discussions to back their strengths and whatever the team plans are.

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