Chawla, who was commentating inside the IPL remaining season believes that the Kotla pitch wasn’t easy to bat on and that the start skipper Rohit Sharma and Ishan Kishan set the tone correct for the rest of the batters.
“This pitch wasn’t easy. We thought 170 is as good as 190 but the start Rohit and Ishan gave us, the way they utilised the new ball and getting 70 runs in 6 overs on this wicket is a great start. That set the momentum for us. Tilak batted well. All our batters batted beautifully,” he said all through the post-match conference.
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“Even after scoring 70 runs in the first 6 overs, the game went on till the last ball so you can only imagine that the pitch wasn’t easy,” he added.
MI star batter Suryakumar Yadav has had a troublesome start to the season. Last night, he obtained out on a duck which has raised further questions on his form. Speaking concerning the similar, Chawla said, “Surya’s form was never a concern. It takes only 10 balls to make a comeback in this format, you hit four fours and you are back in form. He got out on the first ball…that happens, the situation was such. That could have been a four or a six too so this happens. But the kind of batter Surya is, he’s high on confidence and it’s only a matter of 10 balls he’ll be back to his form.”
When requested about his opinion on the rising significance of leg spinners in T20 cricket, the 34-year earlier said, “In the last few years, 160-170 used to be a good score but today it’s not like that unless there’s some help from the wicket, otherwise 190 or something. In short, everyone’s getting hammered but leg spinners give you a wicket-taking option.”
“If you want to slow down the run rate in this format you have to take wickets. So leg spinners have the wicket taking ability. Even if they make slight changes in their wrist movement that’s a variation,” he added.
Speaking about his preparations, the veteran spinner revealed that he doesn’t watch so much cricket and that having fun with Vijay Hazare and Syed Mushtaq Ali has helped him slightly so much.
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“I’m not playing much of cricket like domestic or competitive cricket but I make sure whatever game I play I put my more than 100% and body on the line,” he said.
“If you talk about watching cricket then I don’t watch much cricket to be very honest because I feel if you bowl a good ball it’s a good ball in any format and for any batter so i just prepare myself.”
“Everyone knows that PC is coming he’s gonna bowl a wrong one but still I end up getting wickets on wrong ones so I am more than happy doing that,” he added.
