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SRH Speedstar Umran Malik To Tour Australia For Border-Gavaskar Trophy Later This Year

Umran Malik will turn up for SRH this IPL 2024 season (AP)Umran Malik will turn up for SRH this IPL 2024 season (AP)

Tearaway Indian fast bowler Umran Malik has been prioritized as one of the likely candidates to tour Australia later this year for the upcoming edition of the high-octane Border-Gavaskar Trophy. The 24-year-old was even handed a fast-bowling contract by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) late last month.

Malik recently featured in five Ranji Trophy matches for the Jammu and Kashmir team, where he managed to claim just four wickets across five innings.

Umran Malik potentially fast-tracked for AUS tour

Even though Umran Malik is yet to become a coherent fit in the Indian cricket team, the speedster is being prioritized as one of the potential candidates to tour Australia for India’s impending five-match Test series later this year.

Malik’s ability to generate sheer pace and bounce might assist him on bouncy Australian tracks, where Team India will be fighting for crucial WTC points, and will also be defending their reigning Border-Gavaskar title.

As per reports, national selectors advised Jammu and Kashmir set up to offer the youngster some considerable playing time this Ranji Trophy 2024 season. As per a Hindustan Times report, a BCCI official recently stated that the board is hoping for the speedster to keep up with his sheer pace while bowling longer spells in red-ball cricket.

As of now, Umran Malik is slated to reprise his role for the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) franchise in the upcoming IPL 2024 season. The Jammu and Kashmir fast bowler was retained by the SRH management back in November 2023 during the IPL 2024 retention phase, even though he returned with underwhelming bowling figures last year.

Malik, however, enjoyed a breakthrough IPL 2022 season for the ‘Orange Army’, snapping 22 wickets from just 14 games all while hurling down some of the fastest deliveries of the tournament with utmost ease.