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India’s Ravi Bishnoi during a practice session ahead of fourth Twenty20 Yuzvendra Chahal celebrates the dismissal of South Africa’s Rassie van der Dussen during
international cricket match between India and South Africa at Saurashtra Cricket Association the 3rd T20I match between India and South Africa, at Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA
Stadium in Rajkot on Thursday. (ANI Photo) Cricket Stadium, in Visakhapatnam on Tuesday. (ANI Photo/ BCCI Twitter)

day at Saurashtra Cricket Associa- are, what the patterns are, and try to confidence a little bit,” he added. “When batters try to re-
tion Stadium, Gujarat. adapt to it. But as a bowler, my job CHAHAL REVEALS HOW HE verse-sweep, it becomes tough for
HARSHAL PATEL ‘NOT is to stay one step ahead of batters,” REDEEMED HIS BOWLING the bowlers. But now I have a sec-
Patel said on the eve of the fourth
ond plan and set fields accordingly.
WORRIED’ ABOUT PACE T20I against South Africa. pinner Yuzvendra Chahal, I didn’t bowl well in the previous
Talking about how he developed whose three-wicket haul helped game, the coach asked me to back my
head of the fourth T20I his variation skills, Patel said, “My STeam India defeat South Africa strengths. The ground there (Rajkot)
against South Africa on Fri-
Aday in Rajkot, pacer Harshal focus has always been to develop in the third T20I, revealed how he is bigger,” he added.
India have opened their account
Patel said as he doesn’t have the pace skills around my bowling and what- redeemed his bowling from the previ- in the five-match T20I series with this
ous two games.
ever limitations and advantages I
of Umran Mailk, he has to keep up- have in my bowling.” “I bowled a lot of sliders and win in the do-or-die clash. With the
ping his ‘variations’ in the matches The Indian pacer said that he bowled quicker in the previous series still 2-1 in favour of the visitors,
to extend his budding international likes to play on slower wickets as he matches. Today, I changed my seam the fourth T20I will be played on Fri-
career. feels it gives a fighting opportunity to position. Spinning and getting the day at Saurashtra Cricket Associa-
“I can’t worry about pace be-
cause I can’t bowl fast as Umran Ma- the bowling unit. ball to dip are my strengths. Today I tion Stadium, Gujarat.
“I would certainly prefer to play
tried to get it to turn and bowl slower.
lik. I have to develop skills to render on slow wickets. It gives you a fighting I tried to bowl to my strengths, I fo- INDIA ANNOUNCES SQUAD FOR
myself effective at the international chance. If you can keep playing on cused on that,” said Chahal in a post- IRELAND TOUR
level. I have never been an express pitches like Delhi, it can hamper your match presentation. The All-India Senior Selection
fast bowler though on a good day I Committee has picked a 17-member
can go near 140 kmph,” Harshal Pa- squad for the T20I series against Ire-
tel in a pre-match press conference. land.
“To be honest, you cannot play
All-rounder Hardik Pandya will
your cricket thinking too much lead the side during the tour while
about the future or past. Like ev- pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar will be
eryone has said before as well, his deputy. Team India will play two
the World Cup is at the back of T20Is in Dublin on June 26 and June
our minds and we are trying to 28. Batter Rahul Tripathi, who repre-
work towards that goal,” he said. sented Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL
“At the same time, we are 2-1
behind in the series, so the focus is 2022 has earned his maiden national
side call-up. Batters Suryakumar Ya-
on how to win the next two games. dav and Sanju Samson will also make
After that, we are going to Ireland, a return to the side.
so things will move towards that di-
rection but at this point, our focus is India’s T20I squad: Hardik Pan-
on how to win this series,” he added. dya (Captain), Bhuvneshwar Kumar
Being a pace operator, Patel very
well knows how to stay useful under in- (vice-captain), Ishan Kishan, Ruturaj
Gaikwad, Sanju Samson, Suryakumar
tense pressure despite his restrictions. Yadav, Venkatesh Iyer, Deepak Hooda,
“People have been trying to an-
ticipate for the past two years. To be Rahul Tripathi, Dinesh Karthik (wick-
et-keeper), Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Pa-
very honest, with every bowler, the South Africa skipper Temba Bavuma walks back to the pavilion after getting dismissed during tel, Ravi Bishnoi, Harshal Patel, Avesh
longer they play, the more the oppo- the 3rd T20I match between India and South Africa (ANI Photo) Khan, Arshdeep Singh, Umran Malik.
sition will realise what their strengths

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