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Sundar really needs to improve his batting, guy has got no power game
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India (182/4) defeat Zimbabwe (159/6) by 23 runs to take a lead of 2-1 in the 5-match T20I series
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Pant never learned how to play according to the situation, even after playing in many tournaments. 2019 WC semi-final match is still vivid in my memory, where he played a careless shot.
Tilak Varma should replace him in T20s. Pant should stick to Test cricket, as he is good at that.
It is actually wrong. There is no space in LOIs anymore for these level of part timers. Travis Head is better bowler than most and Maxwell has played as 2nd spinner in tests also but they will not get a bowl in T20 even against Ireland if two righties are batting. Captains are dead afraid of going for 20-22 in an over and killing game.
In fact it is bowlers who should learn to hit to extend team's batting lineup. If every bowler from #9-11 in team can reach even Hasan Ali clean swing tulleybaaz level it is more valuable for team than all top order #1-4 learning to bowl Head level offspin
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Zimbabwe did well with the bat. Fell short by 23 runs.
India are looking good to win 4-1.
India are looking good to win 4-1.
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Pant plays with intent and is a solid counter-attacking option in case an early wicket falls. I'd move him down the order if the openers bat most of the powerplay.
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Giving everything: Washington Sundar's mantra for continuous improvement
Player of the Match in India's T20I win over Zimbabwe on Wednesday, Washington Sundar reiterates the need to perform on a consistent basis if he is to feature more prominently for India.
Washington Sundar insists it will take continuous improvement and refinement in his all-around game to find his name in future India squads following his Player of the Match performance against Zimbabwe in the third T20I in Harare.
Sundar claimed 3/15 (4) with his off-breaks, taking the wickets of dangerman Sikandar Raza (15) and Johnathan Campbell (1) in the same over, before returning later in the innings to remove Clive Madande, whose 37 from 26 balls kept the hosts in the contest.
Khaleel Ahmed (1/15 from four overs) joined Sundar in the latter stages to stifle the Zimbabweans, and the spinner credited his teammates for keeping their composure in the team's defence of 182.
"They (Zimbabwe) did put us under pressure. We had to bowl to our best and make sure we restricted them and if possible pick up some wickets as well, break that particular partnership (of Madande and Dion Myers) as well.
"I think all of us really executed the plans that we spoke about very well.”
With almost a whole T20 World Cup-winning squad sitting the tour out, and the retirement of Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Ravindra Jadeja from the format, a number of players on India's fringes have made the African voyage, taking a 2-1 lead in the five-match series.
The tour proves to be important in the moulding of India's team for future T20 World Cup campaigns, most notably their title defence on home soil (sharing hosting rights with Sri Lanka), with at least three spots from the successful 2024 squad up for grabs.
Sundar, who played a key role in India's famous Test win over Australia in Brisbane to claim the Border-Gavaskar series, is yet to make an appearance in a global event in white ball cricket, but reiterates his passions and efforts continue in a bid to feature at a World Cup.
"It's a great opportunity for me to play for India. That's a great blessing for me.
"I need to be there every single day giving my 100 per cent. And that's something I have not compromised on. I've always been giving 100 per cent every season, every single practice session, and obviously in games as well.
"It keeps me just in the present and obviously it's very important to be in the present and just just put up those good performances regularly."
India meanwhile look to claim a series win in the fourth T20I on Sunday (14 July), and Sundar believes the experience and lessons from earlier in the series bode well for his side in pursuit of victory.
"Coming here to Zimbabwe and playing cricket, I think we are trying to get a lot more information about the wickets over here, (and) the conditions. We didn't really have so much information (for the first game), as much as we have now.
"Obviously there are a lot of learnings and today (in the third T20I) we played on a different wicket, so it played a lot better I would say for batting.
"It’s a great opportunity for us to keep competing with with any team that we play."
ICC
Player of the Match in India's T20I win over Zimbabwe on Wednesday, Washington Sundar reiterates the need to perform on a consistent basis if he is to feature more prominently for India.
Washington Sundar insists it will take continuous improvement and refinement in his all-around game to find his name in future India squads following his Player of the Match performance against Zimbabwe in the third T20I in Harare.
Sundar claimed 3/15 (4) with his off-breaks, taking the wickets of dangerman Sikandar Raza (15) and Johnathan Campbell (1) in the same over, before returning later in the innings to remove Clive Madande, whose 37 from 26 balls kept the hosts in the contest.
Khaleel Ahmed (1/15 from four overs) joined Sundar in the latter stages to stifle the Zimbabweans, and the spinner credited his teammates for keeping their composure in the team's defence of 182.
"They (Zimbabwe) did put us under pressure. We had to bowl to our best and make sure we restricted them and if possible pick up some wickets as well, break that particular partnership (of Madande and Dion Myers) as well.
"I think all of us really executed the plans that we spoke about very well.”
With almost a whole T20 World Cup-winning squad sitting the tour out, and the retirement of Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Ravindra Jadeja from the format, a number of players on India's fringes have made the African voyage, taking a 2-1 lead in the five-match series.
The tour proves to be important in the moulding of India's team for future T20 World Cup campaigns, most notably their title defence on home soil (sharing hosting rights with Sri Lanka), with at least three spots from the successful 2024 squad up for grabs.
Sundar, who played a key role in India's famous Test win over Australia in Brisbane to claim the Border-Gavaskar series, is yet to make an appearance in a global event in white ball cricket, but reiterates his passions and efforts continue in a bid to feature at a World Cup.
"It's a great opportunity for me to play for India. That's a great blessing for me.
"I need to be there every single day giving my 100 per cent. And that's something I have not compromised on. I've always been giving 100 per cent every season, every single practice session, and obviously in games as well.
"It keeps me just in the present and obviously it's very important to be in the present and just just put up those good performances regularly."
India meanwhile look to claim a series win in the fourth T20I on Sunday (14 July), and Sundar believes the experience and lessons from earlier in the series bode well for his side in pursuit of victory.
"Coming here to Zimbabwe and playing cricket, I think we are trying to get a lot more information about the wickets over here, (and) the conditions. We didn't really have so much information (for the first game), as much as we have now.
"Obviously there are a lot of learnings and today (in the third T20I) we played on a different wicket, so it played a lot better I would say for batting.
"It’s a great opportunity for us to keep competing with with any team that we play."
ICC
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