Umran Malik has become the latest cricketer to receive the prestigious Indian cap. The right-arm fast bowler earned his maiden international cap ahead of the first T20I against Ireland at The Village in Dublin.
Malik made a name for himself with his magnificent performance for SunRisers Hyderabad. The right-arm fast bowler won the Emerging Player of the Season award and also took 14 awards of the Swiggy Instamart Fastest Delivery of the Match home.
BCCI named him in the Indian squad for the home T20I series against the South African cricket team, but Umran Malik warmed the benches in all five matches. The team management stuck with the trio of Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Avesh Khan, and Harshal Patel.
Today, ahead of the first T20I of the series between the Indian cricket team and the Ireland cricket team, the BCCI posted a couple of images from Dublin, where Umran Malik could be seen receiving his maiden T20I cap.
Ahead of this series, former selector Roger Binny had reckoned that Umran should play a match in this series. Here’s what Binny was quoted as saying by India Today:
“There is definitely going to be a bigger bunch of fast bowlers coming through now. And he (Umran) should be given a chance straight away because he has proved that he is quick and if you saw him bowl some of the yorkers in the IPL that was brute force. So you cannot keep a youngster out for that long.”
Twitterati reacts as Umran Malik receives the maiden Indian cap in Ireland
Four years ago, Siddarth Kaul had an impressive campaign with SunRisers Hyderabad and made his international debut against Ireland. Now, Umran Malik has achieved a similar feat.
Here is the tweet posted by BCCI for Umran’s debut and some of the top Twitter reactions to it:
A dream come true moment!!Congratulations to Umran Malik who is all set to make his T20I debut for #TeamIndia
AdvertisementHe gets 🧢 No.98 #IREvIND pic.twitter.com/8JXXsRJFbW
— BCCI (@BCCI) June 26, 2022
Congratulations #UmranMalik for team india debut 🇮🇳 #ultimategoal
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) June 26, 2022
🚨 BREAKING 🚨
Umran Malik to make his India debut in the first T20I against Ireland 🤩🧢🇮🇳
The wait is over! ⌛️
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— Sportskeeda (@Sportskeeda) June 26, 2022
Umran Malik is making his debut! Yessss #IREvIND
— Vishesh Roy (@vroy38) June 26, 2022
This is NOT a drill!
Umran Malik will make his international debut today 🔥 #IREvIND pic.twitter.com/bNmAjb24y5
— ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) June 26, 2022
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Umran Malik making his India debut. Waiting to see how he is used in the middle overs.
— Nikhil 🏏 (@CricCrazyNIKS) June 26, 2022
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Umran Malik to make his T20I debut for India today. Big moment for the youngsters!#IREvIND
— Subhayan Chakraborty (@CricSubhayan) June 26, 2022
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Pace sensation Umran Malik set to make his debut for India 👏
He gets his cap from Bhuvneshwar Kumar 🧢
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— ICC (@ICC) June 26, 2022
Umran Malik making his India debut in the first T20I against Ireland – He got his cap from SRH teammate Bhuvneshwar Kumar.
Wishing you all the best, Jammu Express! pic.twitter.com/GwxolmaSoR
— Utkarsh / Cricket is love ❤ (@cricketfan__) June 26, 2022
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Finally his hardwork paid off. Congratulations umran Malik, make us proud. #UmranMalik #BCCI #JammuAndKashmir pic.twitter.com/KAcSO1w6Db
— Basim Basharat (@basim_basharat) June 26, 2022
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