Nagpur: Within a week of the fifth Test against England that ends at Edgbaston, India’s fast bowlers Umesh Yadav Started his first English county term on Monday.
Yadav’s inclusion was announced by Middlesex just ahead of their match against Worcestershire starting on Monday. He was included in the Middlesex Playing XI with immediate effect. Middlesex are batting first in the four-day match.
The 34-year-old Nagpur pacer replaced Pakistan’s Shaheen Afridi for the rest of the English domestic season. Shaheen has left for national duty. The remainder of the season includes the prestigious County Championship and the Royal London One-Day Cup.
For Yadav, who warmed the bench in the England Test, and is not in the current white-ball plan for India, signing Middlesex is a good opportunity, feels his coach and former India pacer. Subroto Banerjee,
“It is a huge development in terms of gaining experience in the highly competitive championship. Small grounds, tumultuous weather and playing as an overseas fast bowler for a quality county side will be a great learning curve for him, Said Banerjee, who is the bowling coach with the Emerging India Camp at NCA, Bengaluru.
“The players like Zaheer Khan, Irfan Pathan And others have benefited from playing county cricket. I am sure it will be a big plus for Umesh,” Banerjee said.
Yadav, who has played 52 Tests, 77 ODIs and seven T20Is, is the eighth Indian fast bowler to play for a county side. Srinath made his county debut in 1995. Before Yadav, Varun Aaron, Ishant SharmaS Sreesanth, RP Singh, Irfan Pathan, Zaheer Khan, Ajit Agarkari And Srinath has played for various county teams.
Four Indian cricketers have been signed by county teams this season. Apart from Umesh and Pujara, all-rounder Washington Sundar and Kunal Pandya Likely to play for Lancashire and Warwickshire.
Yadav’s inclusion was announced by Middlesex just ahead of their match against Worcestershire starting on Monday. He was included in the Middlesex Playing XI with immediate effect. Middlesex are batting first in the four-day match.
The 34-year-old Nagpur pacer replaced Pakistan’s Shaheen Afridi for the rest of the English domestic season. Shaheen has left for national duty. The remainder of the season includes the prestigious County Championship and the Royal London One-Day Cup.
For Yadav, who warmed the bench in the England Test, and is not in the current white-ball plan for India, signing Middlesex is a good opportunity, feels his coach and former India pacer. Subroto Banerjee,
“It is a huge development in terms of gaining experience in the highly competitive championship. Small grounds, tumultuous weather and playing as an overseas fast bowler for a quality county side will be a great learning curve for him, Said Banerjee, who is the bowling coach with the Emerging India Camp at NCA, Bengaluru.
“The players like Zaheer Khan, Irfan Pathan And others have benefited from playing county cricket. I am sure it will be a big plus for Umesh,” Banerjee said.
Yadav, who has played 52 Tests, 77 ODIs and seven T20Is, is the eighth Indian fast bowler to play for a county side. Srinath made his county debut in 1995. Before Yadav, Varun Aaron, Ishant SharmaS Sreesanth, RP Singh, Irfan Pathan, Zaheer Khan, Ajit Agarkari And Srinath has played for various county teams.
Four Indian cricketers have been signed by county teams this season. Apart from Umesh and Pujara, all-rounder Washington Sundar and Kunal Pandya Likely to play for Lancashire and Warwickshire.