New Delhi: Kyle Jamieson has the ability to become one of the leading all-rounders in world cricket in days to come, reckons legendary Sachin Tendulkar after watching the giant Black Cap torment India’s best batsmen in the recently concluded World Test Championship Final.
In New Zealand’s emphatic title triumph, Jamieson played a major role with match figures of 7 for 61 in 44 overs along with 21 valuable runs in his team’s first essay.
“Kyle Jamieson is a fantastic all-rounder. He is going to go on and become one of the leading all-rounders in world cricket,” Tendulkar said on his YouTube channel.
“When I had seen him last year in NZ, he impressed me,” the maestro said.
He then elaborated on why playing Jamieson in English conditions made him even more lethal.
“If you see his bowling, he is very tall and more than swinging, he likes to bowl seaming deliveries. He is a different bowler compared to Tim Southee, Trent Boult and Neil Wagner.
“Jamieson hits the deck hard and whatever he does, is off the seam. There were variations which he used where he angled is wrists and bowled big inswingers. There was reasonable variation in his bowling and what I liked was consistency,” Tendulkar said.
Tendulkar also liked how Jamieson used his height to play the big shots.
