Umran Malik made his International debut against Ireland after impressive performances in IPL 2022.
Naturally Gavaskar, who has seen the likes of Eknath Solkar and even Gavaskar himself taking the new ball in places like England during his time so that they could rough it up for the spinners to take charge, would only be jumping with joy to see the kind of pacers India has started to produce.
The team already has world-class pacers like JaspritBumrah, Mohammad Shami and Mohammed Siraj who are among the best in the world. Now with Umran coming to the fore, India's fast bowling stocks have only gone up.
He was given a contract ahead of the IPL 2022 auctions and everyone saw the reason for it during the last edition of the IPL where he bowled some serious gas, including a delivery at 157 kmph, the second fastest delivery of IPL 2022 and the third fastest in the history of the IPL.
There was a lot of anticipation around Umran Malik making his India debut. Although the moment did not arrive in the five match T20 series against South Africa hosted by India right after the IPL, Malik got to make his debut against Ireland shortly before India tour of England.
Although he got only one over and failed to impress, giving away 14 runs including one 6 and one 4, it hardly matters as it is more about exposure than performance in the first few games for Umran Malik.
There is little doubt that the more he plays, he will only improve. Malik, beyond doubt, is a national asset and must be treasured.