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Umar Gul unsuccessfully appeals for an lbw in the 1^st test against West Indies

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Umar Gul and Wahab Raiz during warm up session in World Cup 2011 at Mohali

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Umar Gul celebrates the wicket of Chris Gayle in 1^st quarter final in World Cup 2011 against West Indies

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Umar Gul and Shoaib Akhtar during practice session in Colombo

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Umar Gul with other Pakistani players in national anthem before the match in World Cup 2011

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Umar Gul after getting the wicket of Jamie How in World Cup 2011 against New Zealand

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Umar Gul and Shoaib Akhtar during a practice session in Colombo

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Umar Gul after taking the wicket of Ross Taylor in 2^nd test match against New Zealand at wellington

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Umar Gul bowled Brendon McCullum in a practice match during Pakistan’s tour of New Zealand

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Umar Gul bowled Mark Boucher on fifth day in a 2^nd test match against South Africa.

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Umar Gul after getting the wicket of AB De Villiers in 1^st test match against South Africa

Umar Gul’s 5 Wickets for 6 Runs Video

Umar Gul takes 5 Wickets for 6 runs and creates a history in T20 World Cup against New Zealand.

He learned the art of reverse wing from former legendry Pakistani fast bowlers Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis. In recent times he also use new ball with much success. He is in and out from the Pakistani team because of injuries and missed several matches in different seasons. He also represents Kolkata Knight Riders in Indian Premier League and Western Worriers in Australia.

In New Zealand, after the second test match there are rumors that Umar Gul and Mohammad Aamir has fight about anything but cause of the conflict still did not found. Although, Captain Mohammad Yousuf and team management denied that there is any fight between two players but the new suggest that on the violation of code of conduct both players have fined 2 lakh rupees each.

Both the players are having great importance for Pakistani point of view. Aamir is lethal because of his use of new ball and Umar is used old ball with good results. Both bowlers have their advantages for Pakistani bowling lineup and it’s important for Pakistan they solve their problems and pay full attention to their cricket.

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He bowled well with old ball and been able to extract reverse swing that no other Pakistani bowler in current bowling lineup had achieved. Initially he did not bowl well with new ball but after the coaching of Waqar Younis he also learn to use new ball with good results.

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Umar Gul is the tallest player in Pakistani cricket team and it can be seen in this picture.

Recently he starts bowling from new ball with the help of Coach Waqar Younis and achieves some success. He also uses old ball with much precision. He masters the art of reverse swing with old ball and used it against opponents with success.

In the beginning of his career he is quit lucky to have a team mates like Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis and Shoaib Akhtar. These legendry fast bowlers thought him how to bowl in latter over with old ball and especially the reverse swing. Wasim and Waqar are considered to be the masters of that art and Umar Gul after playing with them and receiving help from them has been able to develop and use reverse swing as a lethal weapon in his bowling as well. In his career he faced some back injuries but that also did not affect his performance. In fact, after every injury he seems to be more fit and enthusiastic then before. Some time because of the premium bowler of Pakistani bowling lineup he also face criticisms but he prove those critics wrong by his performance.

Umar Gul’s 5 Wickets for 6 Runs Video

Umar Gul takes 5 Wickets for 6 runs and creates a history in T20 World Cup against New Zealand. He developed himself as a finisher in T20 and most of the times he proved to be deadly accurate in terms of line and length. His most amazing ability is his accurately and precisely delivered Yorkers that proved to be a lethal weapon in depth over’s against his opponents.

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Umar Gul with Man of the Match award in ICC Twenty20 World Cup match between New Zealand and Pakistan England in England.

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Umar Gul celebrates after taking wicket in ICC T20 World Cup 2009 match against New Zealand.

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Umar Gul was the man of the match in second test between Pakistan and India played at Lahore.

Umar Gul in World Cup 2011

Umar Gul Received man of the match trophy from Kolkata Knight Riders Co owner Juhi Chawla

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Umar Gul Received T20 bowler of the year 2007 award from Asian Cricket council’s officials

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Wasim Akram giving fast bowling tips to Umar Gul

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Umar Gul Celebrates in his style after taking wicket

Umar Gul in his bowling follow through after delivering a ball.

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Umar Gul bowled Sachin Tendulkar on 97.

Umar Gul celebrates after winning second test against Australia at Headingley.

He is not articulate although bowls an extremely swift profound ball and his outstanding have power over and capability to take out line of stitching movement symbols him out. Auxiliary, his height enables him to haul out bounce on the majority outsides and from his natural back of a length, it is a constructive attribute. His first immense moment in his profession came in the Lahore Test in opposition to India in 2003-04. Unfazed by a intimidating batting line-up, Gul slashed all the way through the Indian top order, affecting the ball both ways off the ridge at a jagged velocity. His 5 for 31 in the first innings gave Pakistan near the beginning proposal which they troop home to win the Test.

Unluckily, that was his final cricket of any kind for over a year as he exposed three pressure fractures in his back right away later than the Test. The wound would have wrecked several an international professions, although Gul came back, fitter and sharper than previous to in late 2005. He came back in a Pakistan shirt in opposition to India in the ODI series at home in February 2006 and in Sri Lanka given an idea about further signs of treatment by permanent both Tests but it was in actuality the second half of 2006, where he completely came of era. Leading the harass in opposition to England and then the West Indies as Pakistan’s main bowlers endured injuries, Gul stood tall, finishing Pakistan’s best bowler.

Since after that, as Mohammad Asif and Shoaib Akhtar have struggled, Gul has turn out to be Pakistan’s forefront and one of the most excellent swift bowlers in the world. He is smart sufficient and good adequate to achieve something in all three set-ups and 2009 proved it: he put collectively a scrap of wicket-taking in ODIs, on departed pitches in Tests (together with a profession-best six-wicket haul in opposition to Sri Lanka) and recognized himself as the world’s most excellent Twenty20 bowler, coming on later than the early overs and firing in Yorkers on demand.

He had oblique at that by being most important wicket-taker in the 2007 World Twenty20; over the after that two years he overwhelmed wherever he went, in the IPL for the Kolkatta Knight Riders and in Australia’s domestic Twenty20 tournament. Corroboration came on the grandest phase: having poleaxes Australia in a T20I in Dubai with 4-8, he was the best bowler and leading wicket-taker as Pakistan won the second World Twenty20 in England. The best part was 5-6 in opposition to New Zealand, the uppermost quality demonstration of Yorker bowling. He is not a one-format pony, on the other hand, and will hang about a vital component in Pakistan’s attack across all formats.