Legendary Australia pacer Brett Lee said that bowling five no-balls in a T20I match against Sri Lanka in Pune would be a hard pill to swallow for Team India’s young pacer Arshdeep Singh.
Notably, Arshdeep Singh became the first bowler in the history of the T20Is to bowl five no-balls in one game, as he conceded 16 runs, and the Men in Blue lost the match by the exact margin against Sri Lanka. However, Lee feels the young pacer will learn from his mistake.
Brett Lee said in a video uploaded on his YouTube channel: “I saw India's Arshdeep Singh completely lose it in that T20 game against Sri Lanka a few days back. He bowled no ball after no ball after no ball. 5 no balls in that game. It would be a hard pill to swallow for him. He only bowled two overs conceding 37 runs. He was returning to the side after being sidelined with an injury.”
Lee added, “He overstepped three times in a row in his second over. Sometimes a bowler can lose rhythm when they are coming back from an injury because they are trying too hard. They lose their shape and momentum. It's tough because you want to achieve that dream of picking wickets and keeping the captain happy.”
However, the former pacer is confident that Arshdeep will make a strong comeback following that horror show, while also suggesting that the Indian pacer start from the basics and learn from his mistake.
The Aussie added, “No ball is a bowler's worst enemy. Nothing costs a bowler more mental agony and embarrassment than a no ball because you not only have to bowl an extra delivery, you give the license to the batter to do anything he/she wants.”
Lee signed off by saying, “It's a dagger through the bowler's heart. I believe Arshdeep has the goods to back it up. My advice to him would be go back to training, delete it, find out what you did wrong and learn from that mistake.”
