Irfan Pathan has rued the absence of a quality fast-bowling allrounder in Indian Test team and reckons that played a role in their eight-wicket defeat at the hands of New Zealand in the final of ICC World Test Championship last month. Pathan joins the growing list of former cricketers and experts who have pointed out that India require a quality allrounder since there’s no clarity when Hardik Pandya will be back to bowling at full tilt.
“I think India played with fewer batsmen – which I highlighted before the ICC World Test Championship Final,” Pathan said on Star Sports’ Follow The Blues. “I feel there was a need for one more batsman in the team. We do not have quality fast-bowling all-arounder – which New Zealand possesses – and it is hard to find one.”
