Sydney: Hardik Pandya and Suryakumar have taken a short ‘break’ from training for the World Cup.
The ‘T-20’ World Cup series is going on in Australia. The Indian team defeated Pakistan in the ‘Super-12’ round, ‘Group-2’ match in Melbourne. The second match will be played in Sydney tomorrow against the Netherlands. All-rounder Hardik Pandya had to bowl a full four overs as ‘spinner’ Axar Patel stumbled against Pakistan. In this he gave 30 runs and took 3 wickets. He scored 40 runs in the second batting and helped India win. On the big Melbourne ground, he ran long to prevent runs. This caused a slight cramp in the leg. Regarding this, Pandya said, “There is no major impact. However, he has never run this much in a ‘T20’ match. I ran to get two runs more times,” he said.
The Indian team management did not want to overburden Pandya, who is recovering from a back injury. Due to this, he was given a ‘break’ in yesterday’s training in Sydney. Deepak Hooda is likely to replace him against the weak Netherlands. Suryakumar (pronounced Surya), Shami, Bhuvneshwar, Arshdeep Singh and others did not participate in the training.
Attention Rahul
The ‘chase master’ Kohli, captain Rohit, Lokesh Rahul, Dinesh Karthik, Rishabh Pant and Deepak Hooda, who scored 82 runs against Pakistan, engaged in ‘batting’ practice for about two hours. Ashwin and Chakal bowled for them. Head coach Dravid observed this and gave extra advice to Rahul to cheat in big series.
Madan Lal warning
Former coach Madan Lal, who was part of the Indian team that won the World Cup (1983), said, “Kohli played tremendously against Pakistan. I have never seen a game like this. But Kohli alone cannot win all the matches in the big series. Rohit and Rahul need to rise. Every player has to perform at their best. Nothing can be predicted in ‘T20’ matches. The Netherlands should not be underestimated either. Indian players should be selected according to the opponent. “Rishabh Pant should play in all the matches,” he said.
A tall bowler
Appreciated by Rohit
Pakistan-born fast bowler Mohammad Irfan Jr, 27, is currently ‘settled’ in Sydney. He bowled for the Indian players in net practice yesterday. Kohli, Rohit and Dinesh Karthik got stuck in his 6.6 feet ‘bouncer’.
Irfan said, “My height and speed are giving trouble to the batsmen. Kohli and Rohit praised my bowling. What more do I want… Rohit wished for a better future,” he said.
‘Mankading’ is correct
When coming to bowl, the batter standing away from the ‘grease’ can be run out in the ‘mankading’ manner. ICC has declared this as ‘run out’ as per the rules.
Regarding this, Hardik Pandya said, “If I stay away from ‘Greece’, it will be my fault. Then the bowler runs out. Acts according to the rules. No need to exaggerate by saying that the game is sensational. I don’t have any problem in running out this way,” he said.
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