10 players who are featuring in their first ODI World Cup
Shubman Gill and Suryakumar Yadav will mark their much-awaited debut at the biggest stage of all in the form of the ODI World Cup 2023.
4. Haris Rauf (PAK)
Pakistan’s pace bowling has always been their biggest strength and nothing has changed. Haris Rauf, the fast and furious bowler will be shouldering the mantle of leading Pakistan to their 2nd World Cup with Shaheen Afridi as his partner. It is Rauf’s first World Cup but he is an experienced campaigner now and a designated big overs bowler.
In 28 games he has picked up 53 wickets. His ability to bowl at the death with sheer pace makes him very difficult to play. Rauf, Jasprit Bumrah, and Mitchell Starc are known to be the best death bowlers in the World and it won’t be surprising that in the big games, you see a big face-off between them. The Rawalpindi-born player can bowl at 145 km/h+ regularly and if accurate he is very difficult to put away.
Pakistan will start their campaign against The Netherlands and play Sri Lanka in the next game. As they play at a few venues, Rauf can be very lethal being a rhythm bowler. If he can understand the dimensions snd conditions well Pakistan can hope for a magical performance from their speedster.
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