Former Pakistan cricket captain Salaman Butt says Sri Lanka’ Ajantha Mendis was not a mystery bowler for Pakistan.
He was expressing this views comparing Indian bowler Varun Chakaravarthy who played against Pakistan India T20 world cup super 12 game which Pakistan won by 10 wickets.
“Varun Chakaravarthy might be a mystery bowler. But we play tape-ball cricket in our streets while growing up. In street cricket, every kid in Pakistan faces bowling with such finger movement (as Chakaravarthy’s). So Varun Chakaravarthy was no surprise to us,” Butt explained while speaking on his YouTube channel.
“Similarly, Ajantha Mendis had come to play for Sri Lanka. He had troubled many teams but he does not have a good record against Pakistan. There was a time when Sri Lanka stopped playing him against Pakistan because we did not find his bowling a mystery,” he added.
Varun Chakaravarthy, who was included in the playing XI, with the experienced Ravichandran Ashwin being kept out, too had his share of struggles as he finished with figures of 0/33 from his four overs.
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