Speedster Umran Malik who impressed cricket pundits during the IPL 2022 will not be travelling to Australia as a net bowler for Team India for the upcoming T20 World Cup 2022.
While BCCI selected Malik alongside Kuldeep Sen, Chetan Sakariya, and Mukesh Choudhary as net bowlers for the 15-member T20 World Cup-bound Indian squad, Sen, and Malik will not be traveling to Australia due to visa issues.
Sakariya and Choudhary got their visas on time as they were part of an exchange programme, the Indian Board, however, applied for the visas of the other 2 pacers later. As per reports, due to the delay in their visa arrival, BCCI has decided to drop them.
Since the duo was neither a part of the squad nor named in the reserves, the net bowlers' case could not be expedited.
Meanwhile, Brett Lee, the former Australian speedster wasn't very happy with the Indian team missing out on Malik's talent. 'Umran Malik is bowling 150kmph, I mean when you have the best car in the world and you leave it in the garage what's the point of having it?', Lee said in his interview with Khaleej Times.