Umran Malik IPL 2023: Indian legend Zaheer Khan puzzled by speedster's omission from SRH XI

Umran Malik, the Emerging Player of IPL 2022, is once again the talk of the town due to his absence from Sunrisers Hyderabad's Playing XI in IPL 2023.

India's legendary pacer Zaheer Khan became the latest to voice his concern, stating he's perplexed with Umran Malik's omission from SRH's XI.

In a media interaction, Zaheer stated that SRH management has poorly managed the Jammu pacer.

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“I felt Umran Malik has not been handled well by the franchise, (in) the way he should have been handled, (in) the way SRH should have utilised his services. That’s something which was evident,” Zaheer added.

Earlier, SRH captain Aiden Markram surprised everybody with his comment on Umran Malik during the toss against RCB on Thursday night.

When asked why Umran was not playing, Markram said: "Not too sure to be honest. Certainly, he’s a player with the X factor, bowls at 150kph, but I don’t really what’s (happening) behind the scenes."