Shoaib Bashir’s 2 balls majestic delivery earned him his debut vs India
Shoaib Bashir a right-arm off-break bowler, is a new face to England’s second test squad. a video of two balls delivery that he bowled to Ex England opening Batsman Alastair Cook to get him called up for England’s test side
Shoaib Bashir, who made his debut in the second test against India, is important for the England team, he is in the off-break spinner bowling role. who will be vital to restrict the Indian batting attack. He was spotted on social media by England captain Ben Stokes, who saw him beat Alastair Cook . he delivered majestic two balls to Alastair Cook that beaten him was surfaced on social media and a WhatsApp forward from Ben Stokes earned him a Test debut vs India.
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Stokes on Bashir
The England captain Ben Stokes was not on to look at scorecards, run-tally or number of wickets. He has his way of thinking. The first thing he did after watching that video of Bashir, was to forward it to a WhatsApp group where head coach Brendon McCullum and ECB managing Rob Key are a part. “To be perfectly honest, Abu Dhabi was the first real live look I got at Bash,” Stokes said. “The first time I saw him was on Twitter. I think the County Championship [account] put a little clip together of him bowling against Sir Alastair.
“I’m in a WhatsApp group with Keysy and Baz. I actually did forward the clip on and said, ‘have a look at this, this could be something we could work with on our India tour’ and it just progressed from there. He got selected on the Lions tour and obviously, the coaches on that tour fed back everything to us.”
Bashir was then picked for the India tour. In England’s preparatory camp in Abu Dhabi, he proved Stokes right. He was more than just a rookie off-spinner. The fact that the Indian batters have a mysteriously poor record – a collectable average of 33 against off-spinners, which is one of the worst among top teams – against bowlers of his kind also played a role in his elevation.
Bashir had issues with his Indian visa
Due to document issues with his Indian visa that made delay on his arrived in Hyderabad and it cleared on day four of the first Test. Although born in Surrey, Bashir’s parents are of Pakistani heritage and a lengthy delay saw him return to the UK following England’s pre-series camp in the UAE to get final approval for his entry to India a week after the rest of the squad.