Suryakumar, and Pant needs to learn from Virat Kohli to play under tough situations – Gautam Gambhir
The clash will be a memorable one as the cricket fans got to see Virat Kohli, back again in his rare form while Gautam Gambhir feels that Suryakumar and Pant should learn from Kohli how to play under crucial situations and work on their running between the wickets.
The high-octane clash between Pakistan and India was played on Sunday while the side that figures out how to hold their nerves dominate the competition.
In the Asia Cup Super 4 clash, Babar Azam-drove side came out on top as they registered a five-wicket victory after chasing down a total of 182. Mohammad Rizwan and Mohammad Nawaz were the game changers who helped their team to win this game.
However, the biggest talking point of the game came in the 18th over of the innings as young seamer Arshdeep Singh dropped a relatively easy chance off the bowling of Ravi Bishnoi at the crucial moment of the game, and as a result, Asif Ali got a life.
The clash will be a memorable one as the cricket fans got to see Virat Kohli, back again in his rare form with a knock of 60 runs off 44 balls. The right-handed player set up an incredible show against Pakistan and grabbed everybody’s eye.
It was a frustrating day for the Indian side, as their top players Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, and Hardik Pandya couldn’t get large scores.
Former India batter Gautam Gambhir feels that Suryakumar and Pant should learn from Kohli how to play under crucial situations and work on their running between the wickets.
“See, I like a flexible batting lineup. You can have your set openers, but you need to have flexible No.3 or 4. Yes, Virat has got runs today, the kind of form Suryakumar Yadav is in, once you kind of gets that start, get that tempo, you can probably promote Suryakumar Yadav at No.3, and then probably keep going. Virat batted brilliantly today, he is going to get better from here on. One thing is these guys like Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant need to learn from Virat Kohli is the way he runs between the wickets,”
stated Gambhir on Star Sports after the match ended.
“Not every time, you will be able to hit those big shots but the difference between Virat Kohli and the rest of the guys, Surya might have more shots than Virat Kohli, but Virat is never under pressure because of the way he runs, the way he converts ones into twos. Suryakumar, Deepak Hooda, and Rishabh Pant might not be able to do it, but they need to learn from Virat Kohli, how important it is under pressure in big games, where you are put pressure, and whether you can play that risk-free cricket, and still get those 10-11 runs per over,”
he added.
Talking about the match between India and Pakistan, Kohli was sent into bat and the side posted 181/7 in 20 overs.
In the last two overs, Pakistan needed 25 runs. Arshdeep came to deliver the final over. He took the wicket of Asif Ali to keep India’s hope alive, with two runs needed in two deliveries.
Ali was out for 16 off seven balls. Iftikhar Ahmed was the next batter. In the end, Pakistan won the game with one ball to go by five wickets.
For India, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Hardik Pandya, Ravi Bishnoi, Yuzvendra Chahal, and Arshdeep Singh took one wicket each.