Bowling depth gives India the edge
SECOND T20I Hosts seek win against New Zealand in Rajkot to seal T20 series with a game to spare
RAJKOT: ing lot of confidence in the bowlers, which is allowing them to express themselves.
“He gives you confidence to bowl, gives us freedom to decide our field placing and the line we want to bowl.
“If it doesn’t work, he provides insight to get it right. It’s good he trusts our strategies and that boosts your confidence further as you can bowl with a free mind,” said Patel, on the eve of the second T20 at the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium on Saturday.
CHAHAL LOOKS SOLID
His spin partner Chahal is another bowler who has improved immensely under the tutelage of Kohli, who is Chahal’s skipper at Royal Challengers Bangalore as well.
Chahal has credited Kohli with helping him settle down.
Featuring in back-to-back series has boosted the leggie’s confidence.
He looks at ease while bowl- ing, varies pace and has emerged a strike bowler in the middle overs for India. His dismissals of Colin Munro and Kane Williamson in the Kanpur ODI changed the course of the series-decider. He was mighty effective in the first T20 as well.
On the batting front too, at the moment, India seem to be wellplaced.
The only interesting aspect will be how young batsman Shreyas Iyer does if he gets a hit. The Mumbai player didn’t get to bat in the first match.
The Rajkot pitch looks flat and full of runs, but skipper Virat Kohli will hope his bowlers once again come up with the goods to back the batsmen.
THE RAJKOT PITCH LOOKS FLAT AND FULL OF RUNS, BUT SKIPPER VIRAT KOHLI WILL HOPE HIS BOWLERS ONCE AGAIN COME UP WITH THE GOODS