I am my own role model: Umran Malik

Umran Malik has managed to impress the entire cricketing world. His ability to bowl with express pace has resulted in several legendary cricketers appreciating him. Besides, he has been superb in the Indian T20 league 2022 so far.

The game between Hyderabad and Punjab saw him pick a four-fer against the Mayank Agarwal-led side. Thus, Malik has picked nine wickets in his first six games of the 2022 edition. It is to be noted that the orange army retained him ahead of the mega auction.

Thus, they rate him really highly and have continued to back him. During an interview, the Jammu and Kashmir pacer spoke about how Irfan Pathan helped him a lot in his career early on. He also stated that speed comes naturally to him.

“Speed comes naturally to me. This year I am trying to work on hitting the right areas. I always used to bowl fast. I am my own role model. When Irfan Pathan came to train us, I used to jump out and I was pretty erratic, I was not able to bowl in one area consistently. But when he came, I began to jump out less and I started getting the right rhythm. I just want to make Jammu and Kashmir proud and I want to make the country proud. I just want to perform well,” said Umran Malik while speaking to NDTV.

Hence, the speedster doesn't really regard anyone as his idol. Further on, Malik also spoke about how he feels when several top-class cricketers Tweet about him. He said that the likes of Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, and Bhuvneshwar Kumar are some of the best bowlers in the world. Thus, it will be exciting to see if he does go on to represent India sometime in the near future.

“I have to perform, when I see cricketers tweeting about me, it was very a proud feeling. It is good to see such big legends tweeting about me, they must have seen something in me, that is why they are tweeting about me. Right now, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, and Bhuvneshwar Kumar are the best bowlers in the world,” he added.