“Martin Guptill’s wicket was very important to us. We played according to plan and this strategy was successful,” said Harris Rauf, a fast bowler for the national cricket team.
Harris Rauf, who was named Man of the Match against New Zealand in the T20 World Cup on Tuesday, said Martin Guptill’s wicket was as important as the way he started playing in the Powerplay. Lena was important to the team.
He said that the fielders fielded well and the bowlers bowled well. “Our bowlers support each other, which benefits the team,” he said.
We talk to each other and play according to the conditions. We followed the plan and the strategy worked. Harris Rauf played a key role in the team’s victory by taking 4 wickets for 22 runs in the match against New Zealand.
Pakistan Super League franchise Lahore Qalandars have given players like Fakhr Zaman and Shaheen Shah Afridi to Pakistan cricket. Now Lahore Qalandars have found a talented fast bowler in the form of Haris Rauf.
The Lahore Qalandars and Aqib Javed did what the Pakistan Cricket Board and its heavily paid coaches should have done, but Harris is still waiting for a chance in the Pakistan team. Fast bowler Harris Rauf is purely Aqib Javed’s discovery. ۔
Harris Rauf, who started playing cricket with tapeball in Islamabad, surprised the experts with his fast bowling in seven overseas Australian Big Bash. Haris Rauf bowled at 150 in the first match and then five in the second. Take wickets, Haris Rauf’s performance is important in the sense that he has not yet got a chance in the Pakistani team.
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Harris Rauf, who first appeared during the trials of Lahore Qalandars, is currently representing the Big Bash T20 League franchise Melbourne Stars in Australia, wherever he wants. While the clubs were playing cricket, the Melbourne Stars suddenly selected him as a replacement for Dale Steyn. He showed the way to the pavilion, he was declared the man of the match for his performance.
Glenn Maxwell was the captain of his team. He also paid tribute to Harris. Samin Rana says that he tried to give Harris Rauf a chance in CPL and European League but they are unknown. He was reluctant to feed the bowler. He is grateful to Nick Cummins, the general manager of the Melbourne team in the Big Bash, who trusted him and gave him a chance in the trials. Representing Pakistan is his long-held dream.
At present, the Pakistani team has fast bowlers including Naseem Shah, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Mohammad Hasnain and Mohammad Musa. We will do our best. The credit for bringing Haris Rauf and other cricketers to the fore goes to coach Aqib Javed who tested the talent of all these cricketers. When Haris Rauf came to Gujranwala two and a half years ago to give trials of Rising Stars program.
So by that time he had played all his cricket with tape ball, he was a part time salesman in Rawalpindi and he loved cricket. He was taken to Gujranwala where Aqib Javed saw the hidden talent in him and at his request Haris Rauf was given a 10 year contract. He was sent to Australia where he played matches for a local club. He also had the opportunity to bowl in the net practice of the visiting Indian team where he also bowled Virat Kohli.
Gradually his bowling matured and he bowled fast in the Abu Dhabi T20 tournament. In Big Bash, Harris gained fame by giving his ball to an Indian security guard. He says that when he entered the stadium, an Indian security guard from Punjab told me that after the match, you Definitely meet me, I want to hug you, I said I hug you right now. Harris explains that when he hugged this security guard, the guards became obsessed. Is in trouble When I asked him, he just said, “I’m so happy to have you.”
I will give this ball as a gift to Riti Guard as they wanted to give him a little pleasure. While giving the ball, I told him that this ball is very precious, keep it in hand, says Samin Rana, Chief Operating Officer, Lahore Qalandars. The development of Harris is a success of the Lahore Qalandars’ player development program. Haris Rauf came from Rawalpindi to Gujranwala in 2017 to participate in the PDP trials.
Talent was tested. Harris was immediately added to the team and he also went to Australia with the squad where his superb bowling got everyone’s attention and he managed to get a contract from Hawksbury Club. At the beginning of the year, Lahore Qalandars made an excellent PSL debut. Aqib Javed says that he is very happy to see the excellent performance of Harris Rauf.
It is the result of the efforts of Qalandars and the hard work of Harris Rauf that he is making his mark in the Big Bash League today. It is a reflection that a player playing on the street today is at a place where the whole world is watching him.
