"Umran Malik Needed Your Support": India's 2007 T20 World Cup-Winning Star Slams SRH Management

19.05.2023 - 12:07 sports.ndtv.com

Former India all-rounder Yusuf Pathan slammed SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) for not utilising young pacer Umran Malik properly during the IPL 2023.

Umran has played just seven of SRH's 12 matches so far, picking up just five wickets in the process. The 23-year-old had a breakthrough campaign last season as he picked up 22 wickets in 14 matches, which allowed him to break into the Indian team.

Ahead of SRH's game against the Royal Challengers Bangalore, Yusuf criticised the management for not utilising Umran properly "Last year, Umran Malik performed really well, and you all took credit for that.

But this year, he needed your support. But did he get that? Was he utilised properly? He is a young bowler, he is India's future.

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Sunrisers Hyderabad ended their IPL 2023 campaign with an eight-wicket defeat against Mumbai Indians on Sunday. The 2016 champions had a forgetful outing in this season, with only four victories in 14 matches. Despite having many big names like Aiden Markram, Mayank Agarwal, Glenn Phillips, SRH failed to leave a mark and finished at the bottom of the points table. Apart from them, one player who turned out to be a major disappointment this year was pacer Umran Malik. The Jammu and Kashmir speedster emerged as a superstar in 2022 but gave a completely opposite performance this year.

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