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KARACHI: Pace spearhead Umar Gul insists he will not curb his aggressive
style of bowling during the World Twenty20, saying his wicket-taking ability is
key if Pakistan are to clinch the title.
The 25-year-old, who is the leading wicket-taker in the newest form of the game
with 24 victims in 14 matches, is in the best form of his career.
The lanky Peshawar-born paceman boasts a career-best 4-8 - the second best
performance in T20 internationals behind New Zealand's Mark Gillespie's 4-7
against Kenya in 2007 - which helped Pakistan beat Australia in Dubai.
"I want to do better than the last time," said Gul, who finished as the leading
wicket-taker with 13 in seven matches to anchor Pakistan's runners-up finish to
India in the inaugural World Twenty20 held in South Africa in 2007.
Gul said he sees the batsman-oriented Twenty20 cricket as a big challenge.
"Bowling in Twenty20 is a great challenge, but I am always up for it and I
believe in attacking the batsmen from the first delivery to the last," he said.
Gul will be spearheading an attack which includes fast maturing Sohail Tanvir,
Rao Iftikhar, Yasir Arafat and newcomer Mohammad Aamir.
The line-up looks inexperienced after Shoaib Akhtar was withdrawn due to injury
and with Mohammad Asif still absent because of a one-year ban on doping.
But Gul is confident Pakistan can still bowl their opponents out. |
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