SunRisers Hyderabad’s tearaway pacer Umran Malik has hailed bowling coach Dale Steyn for whatever he has been able to achieve in the Indian Premier League this season. Umran, who is playing his first full season in the IPL has been able to rattle batsmen with raw pace and his ability to bowl searing yorkers.
The pacer spoke with Bhuvneshwar Kumar for the IPL website after the match and said that Dale Steyn’s diligence has made him a lot better.
“If I’m in the nets for three hours, he will stand behind me for three hours and guide me.”
Asked about his pace, Umran said that it is quite natural and he just wants to bowl as fast as he can.
“When we played with the tennis ball, even then people did not want to bat against me because I was so quick,” said the paceman who has bowled the fastest delivery of IPL this season at a staggering 157 KMPH.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar grilled Umran on the Jammu born’s celebration and asked him the inspiration behind it. The pacer said that it was based on Dale Steyn, his mentor at SRH.
“He does that punch celebration after I take wickets in the nets, I did it one day and it just stuck with me,” laughed the Jammu born.
With just one match to go, SRH would be hoping for a big win so that they can mathematically remain in the running for playoffs. THey need the IPL points table to be tied at 14 for them to make a late entry. At the moment, SRH have a -0.230 net run rate and it is very unlikely that they will be able to get to the playoffs stages.
