‘Not about Arshdeep; No-balls in any format a crime’: Pandya

TIL Desk Sports/ Bowling no-balls in any format is a crime, said India skipper Hardik Pandya, adding that he was not about blaming Arshdeep Singh but the young pacer needs to go back and rectify his basic errors. India slumped to a 16-run loss in the second T20I as Sri Lanka levelled the three-match series 1-1.

Returning to the side after missing the opener, Arshdeep looked rusty and bowled as many as five no-balls in his forgettable two-over spell, conceding 37 runs. Infact, the Indian bowlers in total sent down seven no-balls.

“You can have a good day, you can have a bad day, but you shouldn’t be moving away from the basics. For Arshdeep, in this situation, it is very difficult. In past as well he’s bowled no-balls,” Pandya said after the loss. “It is not about blaming him or to be too hard on him, but we know no-balls in any format is a crime.”