Sachin Tendulkar: Mohammed Shami is an ideal replacement for Jasprit Bumrah

Jasprit Bumrahs absence is a big loss for India but Mohammed Shami can more than fill the void with his speed and skill sets in the ICC T20 World Cup feels Sachin TendulkarBumrah who is out for an indefinite period of time due to a stress fracture on his back was replaced in the main squad by Shami who hasnt played a single T20I match since the last edition of World Cup in the UAEHowever the crafty 32yearold from Amroha dispelled all doubts about his fitness with a splendid threewicket burst in the 20th over ensuring Indias sixrun win over Australia in a warmup game in Birsbane on MondayAlso ReadItrsquos official no Jasprit Bumrah in AustraliaBumrah not being there is a big loss and we obviously needed a strike bowler An out and out genuine fast bowler who could attack batters and get wickets Shami has proven that and he seems a good replacement Tendulkar told PTI in an exclusive interviewThe maestro seemed very impressed with young leftarm seamer Arshdeep Singh who has shown a lot of heart in his short international career so farArshdeep has shown a lot of promise and he looks a balanced guy And whatever I have seen of him he looks a committed fellow because you can see a player you can make out looking at his mindset the legendary batter saidFor Tendulkar committing to a specific plan is as important as devising oneWhat I really like is that if Arshdeep has a plan he commits to it and that is really really important in this format as batters are going out and playing those extra shots and some innovative ones So if you have a plan commit to itOn bigger Australian grounds difficult to hit against the spinIndia will be playing at the MCG SCG Adelaide and Perth Optus Stadium grounds with bigger side boundariesTendulkar believes for any captain while picking his spinners in the first XI dimensions of the ground will be paramountWith the turn you end up playing more in the direction of the turn and there are only few batters who have been able to hit consistently against the turn Normally captains look at the boundary dimensions and decide which bowler offspinnerleg spinner or leftarm spinner should play You also look at the direction in which the breeze is blowing before picking a spinnerIt also depends on bowling style and which areas one likes to attack Whether it is more towards the batters body or outside the offstump Ideally if you pick an offspinner you would want to introduce him from the end where the offside boundary is shorter in case batter wants to hit against the spin he explainedLeftright combination does make bowlers uncomfortableWith Rohit Sharma K L Rahul Virat Kohli Suryakumar Yadav Hardik Pandya and Dinesh Karthik forming the likely top six India might end up not playing their lone specialist lefthanded batter Rishabh Pant at least in the opener against PakistanWhile Tendulkar didnt want to comment on team combinations he does believe that a lefthander in the batting lineup gives the kind of variety every team cravesLeft handers without any doubt add in value and bowlers have to adjust fielders have to adjust and if they are able to rotate strike consistently it is not something that the bowler enjoysLook I wouldnt go by just top three You always play as a unit and one should see what works well You cant go by top two or top three As a unit what you have is important and then to figure out whom to send at what position and also check what is the oppositions strengthConditions and toss do become factors while defending totalsIndia havent done too well in T20Is while defending but Tendulkar attributed a lot of that to conditions and tossI think sometimes it is also the conditions and defending totals has been a problem Conditions do change during the course of the game and chasing does become easierAt certain venues toss becomes important when you know dew is going to be a factor Whatever the runs you score once the ball starts getting wet and outfield gets wet then you can still get out and score those extra runs than the side batting first he signed offThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever