After a good performance against Odisha here with a team packed with youngsters, Delhi team’s think-tank has decided to use the experienced pace duo of Parvinder Awana and Sumit Narwal “wisely” for the rest of the Ranji Trophy calendar.
The Delhi attack against Odisha consisted of three seamers in the experienced Pradeep Sangwan, the youthful Navdeep Saini and debutant Subodh Bhati.
While Sangwan led the attack and claimed seven wickets to help Delhi notch up three points, Saini and Bhati complemented the left-armer with accurate bowling.
Delhi coach Vijay Dahiya had reasons to feel elated. He said it was high time the younger pacers were given more opportunities. “After the playing XI was known (against Odisha), a lot of people said ‘Sumit is not playing, Awana is not playing’.
We have to use them sensibly now. They are not getting any younger. As far as the future is concerned it is going to be Saini, Sangwan, Bhati or may be someone else who comes from the ranks,” Dahiya toldThe Hindu .
“As far as Sumit and Awana are concerned they have done their bit for Delhi. We are going to use them wisely whenever we are going to give these (younger) guys a break. We are going to use Sumit and Awana in that capacity for the season now.”
Young players’ form
Drawing a lot of confidence from the way the team was settling down after the shaky start to the season against Rajasthan when it conceded the first-innings lead, Dahiya was happy to note that the up-and-coming players in the side were grabbing the opportunities coming their way.
“We are looking at a particular player at a particular number. Five games down the line we are sorting that out. Rishabh (Pant) looked really good in the last game, looked like we have a wicketkeeper who can bat; Milind (Kumar) is getting some runs; Nitish (Rana) is looking good all along. We gave Pulkit (Narang) a chance here and he looked good. Manan is doing really well. Unmukt (Chand) and Gautam (Gambhir) right at the top. We are waiting if (Vaibhav) Rawal can get some runs as well.
“We need to start a culture where we play aggressive cricket to get results,” said Dahiya.
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