New Zealand pacer Adam Milne is raring to take the field in the ongoing ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021, as he is keen to carry his terrific form from the Vitality T20 Blast, Big Bash League, The Hundred, and Indian Premier League (IPL 2021) into the global tournament.
While he was denied the opportunity to play against Pakistan, Milne can't wait to make an impact in New Zealand’s next Super 12s game against India on October 31 in Dubai.
The reserve paceman had traveled to Sharjah for the Black Caps’ last game against Pakistan, but the ICC had not approved him as an injury replacement for injured Lockie Ferguson and the side went with leg-spinner Ish Sodhi.
Milne feels he might have helped New Zealand do better against Pakistan as New Zealand suffered a 5-wicket defeat at the hands of the Men in Green.
Well, ahead of the New Zealand vs India clash, the tall pacer, who can often clock at 150km/h, is hoping to extract more from the surface and trouble the Indian batters like Pakistan’s Shaheen Afridi.
Milne told reporters, “I definitely feel like this has been the best period of cricket that I've had in a long, long time. I'm excited to hopefully make a difference with the ball in these games here and really prove that this period has been influential for me.”
On Pakistan match, the 29-year-old said: “I think I would have been able to add something to the team, but it wasn't meant to be, and I thought our guys bowled really well, and unfortunately for us, they came out and batted really well towards that end part of the game.”
He signed off by saying, “I think if you'd looked at the way the pitch played throughout the course of the IPL (Indian Premier League), and the faster guys that had been able to hit the wicket hard and create some uneven bounce had caused some problems for the batters.”
(With Reuters Inputs)
