Chennai Super Kings‘ head coach Stephen Fleming has backed young fast bowler Anshul Kamboj to be a surprise inclusion in India’s squad for the upcoming Test series against England. Known for his deceptive pace and accuracy, Kamboj has impressed both fans and critics during IPL 2025, sparking serious consideration for a national call-up.
Following CSK’s clash with Rajasthan Royals, Fleming highlighted the youngster’s natural abilities that make him a perfect fit for English conditions.
“𝑲𝒂𝒎𝒃𝒐𝒋 𝒊𝒔 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅. 𝑯𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒆𝒅𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 138-139 (𝒌𝒎𝒑𝒉). 𝑯𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒅𝒆𝒄𝒆𝒑𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒂𝒍𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒎𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒊𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒓. 𝑯𝒊𝒔 𝒃𝒊𝒈 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒕𝒉 𝒊𝒔 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒕𝒉, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒐 𝒘𝒐𝒃𝒃𝒍𝒆,” 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝑭𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈. “𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒊𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓’𝒔 𝑰𝑷𝑳 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒏 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒚 𝒇𝒍𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒕𝒔. 𝑰 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒗𝒆 𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒅𝒐 𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒐𝒖𝒓 (𝒐𝒇 𝑬𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅) 𝒊𝒇 𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒔𝒆𝒂𝒎 𝒂 𝒃𝒊𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂 𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝒃𝒊𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒔𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒈.”
Kamboj Impresses with IPL Performances, Earns India A Call-Up
Kamboj has already earned a place in the India A squad for their matches against the England Lions and is expected to feature in the intra-squad match alongside senior players. A strong performance could very well pave the way for his inclusion in the full India squad.
“𝐇𝐞’𝐬 𝐚 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧’𝐭 𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡 – 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐭,” 𝐅𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝, 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐊𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐨𝐣’𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞.
Many believe that his impressive showings on flat IPL wickets hint at a smooth transition to England’s seaming tracks. His ability to bowl effectively in both red-ball and white-ball formats adds to his growing reputation as a future leader in India’s pace unit.
“𝑯𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆 𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒃𝒔𝒐𝒍𝒖𝒕𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒇𝒖𝒍 (𝒊𝒏 𝑬𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒉 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔). 𝑯𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒈𝒐𝒕 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍 𝒑𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒃𝒐𝒕𝒉 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒂𝒍𝒍. 𝑾𝒆’𝒓𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒚 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒅𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒑𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓,” 𝑭𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒍𝒖𝒅𝒆𝒅.
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