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Seeking to tackle Axar Patel, Mohammad Rizwan danced down the pitch in an bold try to go huge, solely to be undone by a dipping yorker.
Sunil Gavaskar Lauds India Skipper For Trapping Rizwan: ‘Rohit Sharma Deserves Credit score’ (Image credit score: AP)
Former India cricketer Sunil Gavaskar on Sunday lauded Rohit Sharma and Axar Patel for luring Mohammad Rizwan into an ideal entice, praising their plan to get the wicket of the Pakistan skipper at a vital time.
Rizwan had survived a scary second when Harshit Rana dropped him off Hardik Pandya’s ball, however he didn’t final lengthy on the crease after that, bowled by Axar.
Seeking to go huge towards the star India allrounder, Rizwan got here down the observe in an try for an enormous hit however was foxed by a yorker. The stumps had been disturbed as his onerous work to attain 44 runs ended with out a lot impression on Pakistan’s innings.
“To a fantastic extent, it’s the sector putting, that received that shot going. There was no person within the deep, that was the explanation why Rizwan went for the large hit, performed proper throughout the road and the ball hit the center stump,” Gavaskar stated whereas talking on the host broadcaster.
“Rohit Sharma deserves credit score, Axar Patel deserves credit score for the sector placement that they’d, which prompted that shot. A giant partnership was damaged,” Gavaskar added.
By the top of the twenty fifth over, Pakistan had been nonetheless not previous the 100-run mark, with Rizwan and Saud Shakeel biding their time on the crease.
Pakistan’s innings ended on 241 runs with two deliveries to go, as Kuldeep Yadav‘s sensible spell restricted them to a good but below-par rating. Shakeel’s 62 was the one optimistic from Pakistan’s innings, with Rizwan’s knock gaining extra criticism than reward.
Earlier, Rizwan opted to bat after profitable the toss in Dubai and his trusted man Babar Azam, Pakistan’s star batter, made a strong begin to his knock.
After being slammed for his sluggish innings towards New Zealand, Babar confirmed intent, smacking 5 fours to achieve 23 earlier than being dismissed by Hardik Pandya.
Pakistan misplaced their opening recreation to New Zealand by 60 runs, solely to jeopardise their probabilities of defending the Champions Trophy title. They must put up an excellent present with the ball to defeat India and preserve their probabilities alive within the event.
Pakistan will play their closing recreation within the group stage towards Bangladesh on February 27 in Rawalpindi.