Former South African fast bowler, Makhaya Ntini has asserted that the Proteas’ bowlers need to find a length and stick with it in order to restrict Suryakumar Yadav from scoring runs at a brisk pace against them. Yadav continued his brilliant form with another half-century as he amassed 61 off 22 balls to power India to a massive score and put the Proteas bowling attack to the sword. During a recent chat with ESPNCricinfo, Makhaya Ntini said that the South African bowlers’ plan didn’t come through on the day and said the only way they can restrict the in-form batter is by finding a length suitable for them. He even went on to compare the Indian and South African bowlers and said that the Proteas are bowling a length that allows Yadav time to decide on his shots. /n. Explaining the same, “I’m thinking outside the box here and putting myself in those guys’ shoes. I think their plan didn’t come through and the only way I can restrict him from going hard on them is to find a length that is suitable for them. That I can be able to restrict him from scoring boundaries. But it didn’t happen at all.” Elaborating it further, Makhaya Ntini said, “It is one of those things that you buy in one mindset. Say bowl outside off stump, find a good length. Because if I compare South Africa and Indian seamers especially when it comes to the first powerplay. The length that India has bowled. It was one of those good lengths where you are not sure if you should go straightaway because the ball is still swinging.”
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Rohit Sharma Reveals How They Are Planning To Preserve Suryakumar Yadav
The flamboyant Indian batter, Suryakumar Yadav seems to be keeping every foot right as he is enjoying the form of his life. He did something similar during the 2nd T20I against South Africa in Guwahati on Sunday. Suryakumar played a blistering knock of 61 of just 22 deliveries, during which he smacked five fours and as many sixes. After openers Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul were dismissed, the reason why India was able to keep their scoring rate intact was the intent shown by Suryakumar and Virat Kohli. Kohli and Surya made a huge partnership of 102 runs, enough to knock the stuffing out of the South African bowlers as India posted a humongous total of 237/3. Suryakumar’s form is one of the big positives for India ahead of the T20 World Cup, where they open their campaign against rivals Pakistan on October 23. As Suryakumar’s stock continues to rise, Rohit Sharma is aware of just how crucial the form of India’s No. 4 batter is going to be. Hence, during the post-match presentation ceremony, after India defeated South Africa by 16 runs to take the series with an unassailable 2-0 lead, Harsha Bhogle asked the India captain, “How do you keep Surya’s form together? The form he is in… just protect it. How do you hold it together?” Rohit Sharma came up with a gem of a reply, he said, “Just thinking not to play him anymore. Just play him on 23rd. But no (seriously), the kind of form he is in… he is somebody who wants to play the game, who wants to keep going out there and keep doing well. That is what keeps him happy and we want to keep him happy.” /n Suryakumar, who scored back-to-back fifties, weighed in on his blazing half-century and the match overall, explaining what he had in mind once he walked out to bat at the dismissal of KL Rahul, who received the man of the match award for scoring 57 off 28 balls to set up the tempo.
Pakistan media coordinator intervenes as Shaun Tait shares a fact in PC
Pakistan will play against England on Sunday, October 2. Moreover, the match will be played at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, Pakistan. England have won against Pakistan on Friday in the sixth match. Moeen Ali went on to win the toss at Gaddafi Stadium and he decided to bowl first. Pakistan scored 169 runs with a loss of six wickets in 20 overs. However, England chased down the score in just the 15th over and they won the sixth match by eight wickets as well. Phil Salt went on to win the man of the match award where he scored 88 runs from 41 balls with a strike rate of 214.63. Pakistan skipper Babar Azam played a brilliant knock against England where he scored 87 runs from 59 balls with a strike rate of 147.46. Sam Curran scalped two wickets against Pakistan in the sixth match. And, Shaun Tait attended the press conference after Pakistan’s loss and he also said, “they send me when we lose badly”. However, the Pakistani media coordinator quickly intervened. After the match, Babar Azam said: “After losing a couple of early wickets, we thought 170 was a good score. Maybe we were 10 runs or so short, but the way Salt batted in the first 4-5 overs, they took the game away from us. The way they used the powerplay was the turnaround today. I think the middle-order needs to step up, they need to take responsibility. As openers, we need to build partnerships to not put the pressure on them.” Moeen Ali said: “Very happy, the way we batted in particular was outstanding. We killed the game straight away, shows that if we stick to the processes, we can win. The seamers were very good today. There was also no slogging today, just some good shots off-side and leg-side by our batters. It’s been a good series, 3-3 heading into the final and all to play for. (On Jos Buttler) He’s training a lot more now, we don’t know though if we may risk him with the World Cup so close. There are games to play in Australia as well. But you never know, he may turn up day after.”
Jasprit Bumrah has not a ‘stress fracture’, it’s ‘stress reaction’
Veteran pace bowler Jasprit Bumrah is not suffering from a stress fracture in his back, as he was initially feared and reported by the media, but a “stress reaction,” TOI has reported through reliable sources in the BCCI. This means that his injury isn’t as bad as it looked initially, and the recovery period will be less too. And, it will be interesting to see if India add him in the team. “Scans by the BCCI medical team at the National Cricket Academy (in Bangalore) have revealed that it’s not a stress fracture, but ‘stress reaction’, which is one step less than stress fracture. It takes 4-6 months to recover from a stress fracture, but normally only about 4-6 weeks to recover from a stress reaction,” the source said. “If a squad member is injured between 16th September (initial submissions) and start of the support period (October 15), they can be replaced without going through the Event Technical Committee,” shared a source in the know of things to TOI. However, in a bid to accustomed to the local conditions, Team India will depart from Mumbai to Perth in Australia on the night of October 5, much before the upcoming T20 World Cup. And, for the first time since Covid struck perhaps, they will travel in a ‘normal’ commercial flight, and not a chartered one. “There’s no bio-bubble. So no need to travel in a chartered flight now,” said a source.