Ex-India Star Backs Arshdeep Singh To Partner Jasprit Bumrah At T20 World Cup, Leaves Mohammad Siraj Out

Punjab Kings didn't utilise young Arshdeep Singh properly during the just-concluded IPL but the left-arm pacer can be very effective during the death overs at the T20 World Cup along with Jasprit Bumrah, reckons former India pacer Rudra Pratap Singh. The left-arm seamer got 19 wickets from 14 games but an economy rate of 10.03, primarily due to the 'impact player' onslaught left him a bit dazed. RP Singh, India's bowling hero in the 2007 edition of the T20 World Cup in South Africa, said he will prefer Arshdeep over Mohammed Siraj.

"If we assess Arshdeep on the basis of his IPL performance, I think he hasn't been utilised well," RP Singh said while replying to a PTI query during a promotional event where the Indian team's jersey was unveiled for the inaugural World Championship of Legends.

"The utilisation of the bowlers also depends on their captain, in which conditions he uses them, in which situation he makes them bowl and how best that he thinks his bowler is." RP Singh, feels that wicket at Nassau County will be on the slower side and Arshdeep rather than bowling pacey length deliveries should focus on cutters.

"Talking about the length on the tracks in USA during an early morning start, as per my understanding, there should a bit of slowness in the wicket. So, the ideal length will be somewhere around just short of good length.

"There will be not a lot of swing for the bowlers but the bowlers with variations, not only just yorkers but also slower ones, leg and off cutters. These deliveries will be utilised a bit more by Arshdeep, so the success rate will be automatically higher for him and that's what I understand the wickets in the US." RP feels that Jasprit Bumrah should ideally bowl three overs in the back-10 as