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Virat Kohli Mohammed Shami celebrates a dismissal with his teammates

they will play on October 27, against special hype around that match as the performances of the players will
a qualifier in Sydney, on October 30, always. There are so much emotions be closely watched by the manage-
against South Africa in Perth, on No- involved, not only for us, but the fans ment, experts, and fans of Team In-
vember 2, against Bangladesh in Ad- and everyone,” he said. dia. KL Rahul and Suryakumar Ya-
elaide, and on November 6. (vs quali- “It is a different kind of feeling, a dav showed some brilliant form when
fier in Melbourne). different kind of ambience when you they faced Australia in the warm-up
go on to the field and when you take game.
India squad for ICC T20 World Cup:
on the field, you see people cheering Team India will be looking to end
Rohit Sharma (Captain), KL Rahul here and there. It is a different atmo- wait of 15 years since they first won
(vice-captain), Virat Kohli, Suryaku- sphere and when we were singing our the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in
mar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Rishabh national anthem, I actually get goose- 2007.
Pant (wicket-keeper), Dinesh Karthik bumps,” he added. “Suryakumar is on his first tour
(wicket-keeper), Hardik Pandya, R. Though Indian fans quickly for- in Australia and the key factor for any
Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar got that match after the loss, Pant still player touring Australia for the first
Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harshal has some great recollections of his time is to get used to the pace and
Patel, Arshdeep Singh and Moham- 53-run stand with Virat and his quick bounce of the wicket. So, for Suryaku-
med Shami. knock of 39 runs. mar, I don’t think he will face any dif-
“I fondly remember that I ficulties in facing the spin bowlers or
Virat can teach you how to go smacked Hasan Ali for two sixes in the pace bowlers. And this is a good
through situations: Rishabh Pant the same over. We were just trying to sign because he has been pivotal to
get the run rate up because we lost the Indian batting lineup, especially
ndian wicketkeeper-batter Rish- early wickets and we staged a part- in the middle order. So, for Suryaku-
abh Pant said on Thursday that nership - me and Virat. We were in- mar to make runs, it’s important for
Iit is nice to bat with Virat Kohli creasing the run rate and I smacked him to carry this confidence well
because he teaches players how to him for two sixes with one hand... my into the World Cup,” said Bangar at
go through different situations in special shot,” he added. Star Sports Programme ‘Follow The
the game. “He (Kohli) can actually Blues’.
teach you how to go through situa- Suryakumar Yadav Suryakumar can face bowlers On KL Rahul’s form, Bangar
tions, which might help you in your in Australian conditions said that the batter has been brilliant
cricket journey going forward, so it is recently.
nice batting with him as always. It is Pant is currently battling wicket- ormer Indian batting coach “He has scored back-to-back fif-
good to have someone with a lot of keeper-batter Dinesh Karthik for the Sanjay Bangar said on ties in this tour and the best part of
experienced batting with you because wicketkeeping role in India XI, but he FWednesday that Suryakumar it all is the fluency we have got to see
he can take you through how to take could still play as a specialist batter Yadav will not feel any problems from him. In the way he has timed the
the game on and how to maintain that to boost India’s middle order in the while facing spinners or pacers in ball as well, when he is hitting the ball,
run-a-ball pressure kind of thing,” match. Australian conditions during ICC it is clearing the boundary easily. And
ICC quoted Pant as saying. Pant said The wicketkeeper-batter experi- T20 World Cup and it will be im- the team needs someone who can hit
that there is nothing better than tak- enced the feeling of taking on arch-ri- portant for him to carry his confi- the ball like he does, because that is
ing on arch-rivals Pakistan on a stage vals Pakistan during last year’s event dence in the tournament. the way the Indian Team has planned
as big as T20 World Cup and he hopes in Dubai, a match which Pakistan won With India’s preparation for to maximize the first six overs. So,
to play when both sides clash on Sun- by 10 wickets. the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup un- for him to perform like this, with this
day at the iconic Melbourne Cricket “It is always special playing derway with their warm-up matches kind of form, is very beneficial for
Ground. against Pakistan because there is a against Australia and New Zealand, Team India,” he added.

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