The cricket world is in awe of Virat Kohli for hitting Pakistani quick bowler Haris Rauf for 2 consecutive sixes within the final two balls of the nineteenth over to chase down the goal of 160, former Pakistan captain and pacer Wasim Akram slammed Rauf for his errors. has been uncovered. Other Pakistani bowlers within the match. India wanted 28 runs within the final eight balls, two sixes off the final two balls of Rauf’s fourth over by Kohli meant India wanted 16 runs to win within the final over. India overhauled Pakistan’s whole of 159 within the final over after loads of drama by Mohammad Nawaz and a boundary off R Ashwin’s final ball.
Asked by the host of Pakistan TV present ‘A Sports’ about Rauf’s change of tempo within the nineteenth over, Akram earlier joked about his co-panelist and former Pakistani batsman Misbah-ul-Haq saying that his hair Approximately drawn. “Exactly. Misbah was sitting subsequent to me and he was virtually pulling his hair. He is aware of that as a batsman Shoaib was additionally sitting there. I do know the sooner deliveries regarded tough. If the batsman hits that ball, So he’ll go to the fielder,” Akram stated.
Misbah stopped Akram and defined it to Indian all-rounder Hardik Pandya on the fourth ball of Rauf’s over. Rauf, who had bowled 11 dot deliveries in his spell earlier than Kohli’s two sixes, was backing a size supply earlier in his spell. Pandya’s supply was additionally the identical, with Rauf bowling a tough size supply over Pandya’s physique and the Indian batsman managing a mishit in the direction of long-on. “For the primary time, the fourth ball he bowled was improbable. The ball went quick on the size and we noticed that the bat acquired caught and Pandya was virtually caught and bowled with a mishit. Overall he bowled nicely. It can occur to anybody. We simply must study from these errors,” Misbah stated.
Later within the present, Akram was fast to level out that the Pakistan pacer succumbed to stress within the sixteenth to nineteenth overs and tried for slower deliveries. Kohli and Pandya scored 38 runs in these 4 overs together with three fours and two sixes. “Haris had all the experience. But when there was pressure on Pakistan as well as India from the 16th over to the 19th over, both the fast bowlers bowled the ball at a slow pace. Instead of trying to chase down the length to the Indian batsman, who was troubling them both, he made 11 slow tries during that period. When you are aiming to take wickets, you cannot rely too much on slow wickets. Both the sixes from Virat Kohli hit the slower balls,” stated Akram.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
