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Mumbai Indians, the three times Indian Premier League (IPL) champions have called a 17-year-old pacer from Jammu & Kashmir, Rasikh Salam for the trial for the upcoming season of IPL.
Meanwhile, Salam has been impressive throughout the ongoing Vijay Hazare Trophy. However, Rasikh hasn’t featured in any age group levels before making his debut for the senior side. Furthermore, his selection on the side was largely due to the insertion of Irfan Pathan as the mentor cum player of the side.
Coming from a small village of South Kashmir’s Kulgam, Rasik Salam bowls at an alarming pace and swings the ball both ways. He surprised one and all with his heroic bowling spell against mighty Tamil Nadu batting line-up, taking two big scalps by giving away 45 runs in his quota of 8 overs.
Incidentally, an associate member of Mumbai Indians was present at the stadium who seemed impressed with Rasik Salam’s show. Jammu & Kashmir won the match by four wickets. |
