IND vs PAK: The Way Bhuvi And Arshdeep Were Swinging The Ball It Felt Like Test Match – Rohit Sharma After T20 World Cup 2022 Win vs Pakistan

India National Cricket Team captain Rohit Sharma was delighted with the performance of his bowlers in the nail-biting ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 match against Pakistan and he lauded the Indian bowling unit following the victory of the Men In Blue over the arch-rivals.

The 16th match of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 was played between the Rohit Sharma-led side and the Babar Azam-led side at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Sunday, October 23.

India won the toss and opted to bowl first in the match and the new ball bowlers troubled the Pakistan batters. In the powerplay, openers Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan were cleaned up by Arshdeep Singh. Also, the senior pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar bowled 3 overs in the powerplay and gave away just 14 runs.

Overall, Arshdeep and Hardik Pandya bagged 3 wickets each while Mohammed Shami and Bhuvneshwar Kumar bagged one wicket each to restrict Pakistan to 159/8. While chasing the target, it was modern-day batting great Virat Kohli’s extraordinary knock, which is unarguably one of the greatest knocks in 20-over cricket, that helped Team India win the high-voltage game.

At the post-match press conference, India captain Rohit Sharma spoke about India’s bowling plans at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

“I felt really good. That felt really good. We spoke of certain things in our team meetings and stuff like that. We spoke of how we want to utilise our bigger boundary and try and challenge the batsmen a little bit. You’ve got to sometimes understand what the pitch is doing, as well. That back of a length, slightly back of a length, slightly full, was not easy to hit, and what happened in today’s game will tell you that,” said Rohit.

“A lot of the guys got wickets bowling that back of length because, like I said, at the toss, as well, there was a little bit of grass on the pitch and a bit of weather, quite nippy, as well. So we knew if you keep hitting that length, it’s going to be challenging, and that is something that we kept constantly putting in bowlers’ ears, that challenge them — if they hit you a couple of successful there, it’s fine,” he added.

It was a good cricketing pitch – Rohit Sharma

India captain Rohit Sharma further highlighted that the all-rounder Hardik Pandya got a few wickets while bowling a short-of-a-length delivery in the high-voltage match.

He also lauded Arshdeep Singh and Bhuvneshwar Kumar for their spell with the new ball, saying that the initial half of the match felt like a Test match because of the way the pacers were swinging the ball.

“Actually we got rewarded bowling that length, as well. Hardik in particular bowling that kind of length and a couple of their batters trying to play cross-batted short got the top edge, and we got the wicket, and that is something that we spoke of at the start.”

“With the way, Bhuvi and Arshdeep were swinging the ball, our initial plan was to just try and pitch it up and see if we can get the ball to swing. The first four or five overs were brilliant to watch, honestly. For a little while, it felt like a Test match because of the way the ball was moving around and the carry in the pitch, as well. It was a good cricketing pitch,” he added.

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