On being asked if Arshdeep is close towards an Indian team call-up, Manjrekar quickly said yes.
In a stern assessment of SRH and Team India bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Manjrekar said that India should look at options going forward and that Arshdeep “is a much better bowler to have in your T20 side” than Kumar. Manjrekar also felt that Arshdeep could be a better choice currently as Bhuvneshwar is not in his best form.
“India keeps going back to Bhuvneshwar Kumar, a wonderful bowler but today if you were to compare Bhuneshwar and Arshdeep, the latter is a much better bowler to have in your T20 side. Certainly, in the top five, certainly a place in the squad. He must be wondering ‘what more do I have to do?’ because today was another night where you are looking at people like Suryakumar Yadav who must be saying ‘I can’t hit this guy, might as well take off a single’. That is something you do against the (Jasprit) Bumrahs and the (Lasith) Malingas of the past,” he said.
