Senior off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, who had impressive figures of 2/14 on his white-ball comeback, was the best thing to have happened in India바카라s comprehensive win against Afghanistan in the T20 World Cup 2021, captain Virat Kohli said on Wednesday.
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Ashwina, who was playing a white-ball game after four years, was one of the architects of India바카라s 66-run win against Afghanistan which kept their slim chance of reaching the semifinals alive. 바카라The return of Ash was the biggest positive, it was something he has worked really hard for,바카라 Kohli said at the post-match presentation.
바카라He (Ashwin) showed this control and rhythm in the IPL as well. He바카라s a wicket-taker and a smart bowler as well.바카라 Ashwin, who last played an international game in June in the World Test Championship, finally got a game after nearly four and half months.
Ashwin was named in the playing XI after mystery spinner Varun Chakravarthy developed a left calf issue. Kohli said the Sharjah pitch was a much better wicket than those of the earlier two matches and his batters were able to come up with free-flowing batting.
바카라Much better wicket as well, to be fair. In the other two games as well, if we just had two overs of that free-flowing batting capability, that could have sent the message to the opposition that we've put them under pressure.
바카라T20 is a very instinctive game, even in terms of decision-making. The top three is more or less set unless something like today happens, when the top two go on until over 14 or 15.바카라 Kohli said India still have a small chance to reach the semifinals.
바카라We spoke in the team meeting that we have to focus on the small chance we have (to qualify) and stay positive and hunt that chance down.바카라 Asked if the team had come out to go all out, Kohli said, 바카라We don바카라t decide we바카라re going all out. We back the guys because they're so skillful, and sometimes it comes off like today.
바카라To give credit to the opposition, they bowled really well in the first two matches and didn바카라t let us get away.바카라 India now have a positive net run rate after the big win against Afghanistan and Kohli admitted that NRR was on the back of the mind of the players.
Player of the match Rohit Sharma said the team wanted to get off to a good start which didn바카라t happen in the first two games.
바카라There was a conscious effort to lay a good platform for the other batters to express themselves later. A good start and a respectable total were very important from our side. Exceptional batting from KL as well.
바카라Looking at the trend, they (Afghanistan) have batted first in all their games. We were looking to field first, but it was a good pitch to bat on,바카라 said Rohit who scored 74 off 47 balls with the help of eight fours and three sixes.
He said the team knew run rate could come into play and so wanted to win by a good margin. 바카라Glad that we did that. Whatever the team requires, I'll try to do that. Today the need was for a quick start. Normally, I try to assess early on but today I had to play a bit differently.바카라
