Happy for the likes of Rashid Khan and Imran Tahir says Adam Zampa

Adam Zampa was picked up by the Rising Pune Supergiant in the last auction but was underused by MS Dhoni in his tenure. The young wrist spinner from Australia, however, got his chance this year but was overshadowed by the veteran South African Imran Tahir.

Tahir was outstanding during the early stages of the tournament as he picked up crucial wickets in some crunch moments. He was pivotal in in Pune’s successful campaign that ended in agony as they made a mockery of what seemed to be an easy chase.

Tahir out-bowled me

Adam Zampa also agreed to the same saying that Imran Tahir out-bowled him during the early stages when they played together. And also admitted that he did not get the opportunities he wanted. He was left out for the major part of the season and was brought back in when Tahir left for national duties. Zampa said that it was a great tournament for Pune but personally it was not as planned.

Zampa said, “As a team, Pune had a great tournament (but) personally it didn’t go to plan with Tahir being in the same squad. He (Tahir) bowled really well and out-bowled me in the first couple of games that we played together. So I didn’t get the opportunities that I probably would have liked throughout the middle of the tournament, but it’s always a nice experience.”

Happy for other leg spinners like Rashid

Zampa personally did not get much of a chance to showcase his talent but the lad from Australia was happy for the other spinners that did well. There were a lot of successful leg spinners and all of them accounted for more than 140 wickets in all of IPL.

Zampa said the likes of Tahir and Rashid Khan did extremely well.  “It’s always nice to see leg-spinners doing well and there’s been a lot of leg-spinners do well recently in one-day cricket with myself, Tahir and Rashid. So it’s always nice to get confidence from those guys as well,” he opined.