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“Our Plan Was…”: Shikhar Dhawan Shares India’s Batting Strategy After Win Over South Africa In 2nd ODI


Captain India Shikhar Dhawan said the team’s plan to take on South African pitchers in the first ten laps of the race kicked off as the home team scored a comfortable seven wicket win in the second ODI to level series of three matches in Ranchi on Sunday. India chased 279 goals with 25 balls left, riding on 113 excellent balls no more than 111 balls from Shreyas Iyer and 93 words Ishan Kishan. “The ball came beautifully but it was low. So our plan was to knock out the pitchers in the first 10 innings,” Dhawan said at the post-match presentation.

“Once the dew falls on the picture, it slides away. So the rear-foot shots are easy to do.” Dhawan said the coin toss also worked perfectly for the team because South Africa chose to hit the ball first.

“I’m very happy. Thanks to (captain) Keshav (Maharaj) that he chose to hit the ball,” Dhawan said with a laugh.

“I have to say that Ishan and Shreyas, the way they created that partnership is amazing to watch.” He also praised his pitchers for their performance, especially the newcomer Shahbaz Ahmed who has a 1/54 metric from his 10 passes.

“I’m very pleased with the pitchers, especially Shahbaz, the way he threw the ball in the first 10 passes and helped us get the breakthrough.” Man of the match with 113 balls that didn’t come out of his 111, Shreyas Iyer said, “I was out of my mind. When I caught the ball, I talked to Ishan and he was thinking about going head to head. with the pitchers, so we decided to play the ball back and see how it went.

“Tomorrow is a day of travel and then the day after another game. There’s momentum for that, let’s see what’s available to me and the team.” When asked if there have been any changes in his batting, Iyer said, “I’m not a pitcher. I’m a change of instinct.

“It’s not something I try in the net first, I change it in the game itself.” Preventive Keshav Maharaj said, “I think we didn’t expect frost to play such a big role, which is why we chose to hit the bat after we won the pitch.

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“But credit goes to Shreyas and Sanju. We expected it to be slower and lower but after 20 rounds the pitch was better.”

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