Everyone is aware of what happenned final time Shaheen Afridi turned up in opposition to India within the final yr’s T20 world cup. In a blink-and-miss second, he delivered the sucker punch to India in his first over, knocking out Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul.
Sachin Tendulkar has a easy recommendation to supply to the Indian openers. Don’t play throughout the road, is his message.
“Last time in Dubai Shaheen got wickets in the first over itself. He is an attacking bowler and likes to pitch it up; he will look to swing the ball, keep it in the stumps, full-up, hoping that the batters go across the line. We need to be mindful of that. I am sure the batters have thought about it. They will look to keep it straight upfront, and then slowly, once they get a decent start, capitalise on that,” Tendulkar instructed Hindustan Times.
“There’s not much one needs to change. I would say not to go too across the line,” Tendulkar mentioned.
Shaheen Afridi has spoken about how he had wished to assault Rohit Sharma’s weak spot in opposition to inswing at yorker size.
“I had observed that Rohit Sharma struggles against in-swing at that yorker length. In 2021, most of my dismissals were with that length,” Shaheen instructed Cricinfo. “So, I thought if that’s my strength why not use it against him the first ball I bowl to him.” In the identical over, he had knocked down Rahul’s stumps too with an inswinger from a size.