With Rohit Sharma-led Indian cricket team is going to face Afghanistan in the Super 8 match of the ongoing ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 in Barbados’ Kensington Oval on 20 June., former West Indies legend Brian Lara has warned for both Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli.
Lara opined that though both Kohli and Rohit are aggressive players, one of the Indian openers can drop anchor on the Caribbean pitches.
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Speaking to Star Sports ahead of India’s next match, Lara said, “I think there is all sorts of possibilities. They are two very aggressive players. They’re two world-class players. But sometimes, in terms of putting together a partnership in the Caribbean, you think well, you know 60-70 runs in the powerplay would be a great start. I think one could afford to drop anchor, but it all depends, you know, on match-ups. If you feel that, as a batter, that you are better equipped than the other player to do well against a bowler, then you do that. So I think it’s a conversation that has to happen in the middle, and it doesn’t necessarily mean that they have to go from both ends,” Lara said.
Earlier, during the Group match against Ireland at New York’s Nassau County stadium, Rohit and Kohli added only seven runs for the first wicket.
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The West Indies legend even stated that Kohli and Rohit’s opening partnership will decide the fate of the match against Afghanistan as India have a 3-0 track record and would like to make it 4-0 in T20 World Cup.
“But you know, I think psychologically they would know how important both of these players coming into form quickly is for that. So, there are different ways of going about it. I don’t feel blasting away in the Caribbean is one of the things you know. You just need to think about what you’re doing and put a good partnership on because you know more often than not when you’re playing Afghanistan than you’re thinking, When are the spinners coming? Then the contest begins,” Star Sports quoted Lara as saying.
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India vs Afghanistan: Predicted XIs
India: Rohit Sharma (captain), Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Shivam Dube, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah.
Afghanistan: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Ibrahim Zadran, Gulbadin Naib, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Najibullah Zadran, Karim Janat, Rashid Khan (captain), Noor Ahmad, Naveen-ul-Haq, Fazalhaq Farooqi.
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Published: 20 Jun 2024, 05:32 PM IST