'I like the way he bowls' - Wasim Akram names India's future fast bowling superstar

Former Pakistan pacer Wasim Akram has said that India's Arshdeep Singh is the future of Indian cricket. The latter last played for India in T20Is against New Zealand in February this year. Apart from this, Singh played his last ODI against the same team in November last year. The left-arm medium pacer is not selected for the white-ball series against the West Indies.

The U19 World Cup 2018 winner is playing for Kent in red-ball cricket and will play in the ongoing One Day Cup. Meanwhile, Akram claims that he saw the Punjab Kings player has a skills of swing but needs to increase his pace.

"I saw him. He has a future. I said it during last year's Asia Cup as well that he should play long. He has the swing but pace-wise, he needs to play more First-Class cricket to increase his speed. He is young and I like the way he bowls. He is a wicket-taker. The more he plays, the muscles will grow and he will be able to generate more pace," Akram said on Radio Haanji.

Meanwhile, Singh has been selected for the Men's Asian Games tournament in China. The team will be led by Ruturaj Gaikwad

Team India: Ruturaj Gaikwad (captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rahul Tripathi, Tilak Varma, Rinku Singh, Jitesh Sharma (wicket-keeper), Washington Sundar, Shahbaz Ahmed, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan, Arshdeep Singh, Mukesh Kumar, Shivam Mavi, Shivam Dube, Prabhsimran Singh (wicket-keeper)

Standby players: Yash Thakur, Sai Kishore, Venkatesh Iyer, Deepak Hooda, Sai Sudarsan