'There's a lot to learn from the way Arshdeep'- Lungi Ngidi all praises for young Indian pacer

Arshdeep Singh has been very impressive in the limited time that he has been playing international cricket. The left-arm pacer took three wickets in his debut World Cup game against Pakistan on Sunday. He has become the talk of the town ever since. Lungi Ngidi, the South African pace sensation, has now spoken out about the young pacer.

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Ngidi stated ahead of Thursday's 20-20 World Cup Super 12 match against Bangladesh at the SCG that having a left-arm quick in Jansen bowling to the opposition, as well as having faced left-arm quick Arshdeep Singh during the recently concluded white ball series in India, had given the Proteas the confidence to go with a left-arm quick in the side.

When asked about South Africa's recent white-ball series against India, Ngidi said there was a lot to learn from Arshdeep. "I think obviously there's a lot to learn from the way Arshdeep (Singh) bowled against us in India, and I think we're fortunate to have a tall left-arm fast bowler (Jansen), as well, so it helps us prepare in terms of going forward knowing what we're going to be facing," he said.

"We know that Bangladesh will serve a left-arm seamer in Mustafizur (Rahman), and I think with the skills and sets that Marco (Jansen) has, he actually does help us prepare well for what's about to happen. You know, just having him in our attack, as well, it brings a different variation. The guy is, what, seven foot tall, as well, so that kind of helps. Yeah, it is different, but it is a massive bonus for us," he continued.

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It really does make your job a lot easier: Lungi Ngidi

Ngidi added that having Jansen on the side makes the captain's job easier because it gives the team more pace options, as opposed to having only two pacers shoulder the workload.

"It really does make your job a lot easier (to have a third seamer). I think it's difficult when you have pretty much two seamers that are going to have to do everything, whereas we probably have three or four, and everyone is probably better at something than someone else. We can always turn to someone else if things aren't going well, so it does give you that sense of calm. But it also gives you that bit of confidence that you need going into a tournament like this," said Ngidi.