Venkatesh Prasad Recalls India's Bowl-Out Win Over Pakistan In The 2007 T20 WC; Says He Knew Who Was Hitting The Stumps Consistently
Published - 14 Jul 2020, 09:34 PM | Updated - 23 Aug 2024, 12:31 AM

Venkatesh Prasad, the former Indian bowler, recalled the national sides’ bowl-out victory against Pakistan in the inaugural T20 World Cup, attributing the success to the management’s planning and the hard work done by the players in the nets.
India and Pakistan locked horns twice in the 2007 T20 World Cup. While the Men in Blue won the titular clash by five runs, the group-stage game between the arch-rivals ended in a tie.
“We had gone through the rules and regulations of the World Cup. When there was a tied game, there was no Super Over back then, there was a bowl out. Obviously we always use to practice it,” Venkatesh Prasad told R.Ashwin on the latters Youtube channel.
“We had this competition between batsmen and bowlers. Most of the batsmen wanted to bowl as well, like MS Dhoni, Sehwag, and Robin Uthappa. We had this competition in these nets” Prasad added.
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‘I had to back my instinct and make a decision’- Venkatesh Prasad
“You go through those net sessions a day in and day out. So we wanted to have fun some element as well. So we brought in the bowl out,” he said.
“I was looking at what was happening from behind. So I knew who was hitting the wickets consistently. That’s when I saw Sehwag hitting, Uthappa hitting and Harbhajan hitting. So we said okay fine. Nobody expected that our very first match will have a bowl-out. It was a tight game. It was a bowl-out. It was not hard for me to convince MS Dhoni, saying ‘these are the guys who are doing well” he added.
“We had to take our chances as well. We did take a bit of chance there, having Sehwag and Uthappa. I had to back my instinct and make a decision. The slower bowlers are more in control of their bodies and delivery. They had a straight-arm action,” Venkatesh Prasad revealed.
The ball-0ur was replaced by Super-Over as a tie-breaker in 2008.
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