New Delhi: The scoreboard often tells what is suggestive and hides what is important.
One can safely bet on his last shirt that Ishaan Kishan And Ruturaj Gaikwadi Won’t open for India when they take on Pakistan in their opening t20 world cup Games at the MCG in the last week of October.
Still, the series will be the first of its kind to be an indicator of what life is like without Rohit SharmaKL Rahul and Virat Kohli Will see when the situation arises.
If the first evening is any indicator, Ruturaj Gaikwad and Ishaan Kishan are set to drop the archaic style of security that became India’s undoing during the last global edition.
He showed intent and bowled his bat with Kishan’s half-century, but both appeared to be in some sort of trouble when Kagiso Rabada And Enrique Nortje was in operation.
In fact, the express quick delivery created problems and out of the three sixes that Gaikwad hit, two did not look like controlled sixes.
Actually, from the first over that Kagiso Rabada bowled, it seemed that the ball was hitting the bat instead of hitting the bat.
Rabada bowled a good length touch short at the pace of 140 clicks upwards, in which Gaikwad was not able to bat the ball. When he tried to derail, Rabada shortened the length and beat him at high speed.
Similarly for Kishan, Nortje revives it and gets him and Gaekwad in all sorts of trouble as he seemed even a touch quicker than Rabada.
Most of the deliveries that were troublesome were those that were slightly sloping or straight after pitching.
The first six that Gaikwad hit, there was absolutely no idea where the ball went. It was a quick and quick delivery that went big on the CSK star and was not in control of his hook shot but with the sweet spots in the sides of today’s bat as well, it flew past square for a six.
In the very next over, Rabada bowled a beautiful Test match delivery that was full and caught Kishan for a boundary as he edged one. Had it also been an ODI where one held slips for at least 10 overs, it was a regulation catch but T20s gave Kishan the cushion to play from that area, even if it was not done intentionally.
For Gaikwad and Kishan, it was like waiting for loose deliveries and cashing in on them. they were successful on the day Tabrez ShamsiKeshav Maharaj and Dwayne Pretorius are the weak links of the Proteas attack.
It will work in a few days but the kind of jerks they showed initially, Rahul Dravid Will be thinking a thousand times over and over again to see if they can marry intention with skill to face consistently high quality fast bowling.
One can safely bet on his last shirt that Ishaan Kishan And Ruturaj Gaikwadi Won’t open for India when they take on Pakistan in their opening t20 world cup Games at the MCG in the last week of October.
Still, the series will be the first of its kind to be an indicator of what life is like without Rohit SharmaKL Rahul and Virat Kohli Will see when the situation arises.
If the first evening is any indicator, Ruturaj Gaikwad and Ishaan Kishan are set to drop the archaic style of security that became India’s undoing during the last global edition.
He showed intent and bowled his bat with Kishan’s half-century, but both appeared to be in some sort of trouble when Kagiso Rabada And Enrique Nortje was in operation.
In fact, the express quick delivery created problems and out of the three sixes that Gaikwad hit, two did not look like controlled sixes.
Actually, from the first over that Kagiso Rabada bowled, it seemed that the ball was hitting the bat instead of hitting the bat.
Rabada bowled a good length touch short at the pace of 140 clicks upwards, in which Gaikwad was not able to bat the ball. When he tried to derail, Rabada shortened the length and beat him at high speed.
Similarly for Kishan, Nortje revives it and gets him and Gaekwad in all sorts of trouble as he seemed even a touch quicker than Rabada.
Most of the deliveries that were troublesome were those that were slightly sloping or straight after pitching.
The first six that Gaikwad hit, there was absolutely no idea where the ball went. It was a quick and quick delivery that went big on the CSK star and was not in control of his hook shot but with the sweet spots in the sides of today’s bat as well, it flew past square for a six.
In the very next over, Rabada bowled a beautiful Test match delivery that was full and caught Kishan for a boundary as he edged one. Had it also been an ODI where one held slips for at least 10 overs, it was a regulation catch but T20s gave Kishan the cushion to play from that area, even if it was not done intentionally.
For Gaikwad and Kishan, it was like waiting for loose deliveries and cashing in on them. they were successful on the day Tabrez ShamsiKeshav Maharaj and Dwayne Pretorius are the weak links of the Proteas attack.
It will work in a few days but the kind of jerks they showed initially, Rahul Dravid Will be thinking a thousand times over and over again to see if they can marry intention with skill to face consistently high quality fast bowling.