Players’ often interact in between them during matches and we get to hear through stump mic. And, one incident recently happened when the captain Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, and leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal, were involved in a discussion regarding a DRS call during the first T20I of the ongoing series against West Indies.
It took place in the 9th over of West Indian innings. On the 4th ball, Roston Chase was on strike and Yuzvendra Chahal bowled a flighted delivery, where Chase tried a paddle sweep but failed, and the ball struck his pad as well. While the Indian fielders appealed for LBW, the on-field umpire was unconvinced as well.
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“Guard pe lagi hai ball.” (The ball has struck batter’s guard), Virat Kohli was caught saying. Some fans on social media thought Kohli’s words in the viral video clip to be: “G***d pe lagi hai ball.” (Ball has hit his buttock) as well. However, Rohit Sharma eventually took the DRS and it didn’t go for them as India lost the review.
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— DMlife (@cricketlife23) February 16, 2022
Rohit Sharma, India skipper said after the win: “Should have finished that off a little early, wanted to be clinical. Happy with the win and we can take a lot of confidence from this game. Restricting them to that score was a great effort from the bowlers. With the bat we were not clinical and it’s something we can learn from. Bishnoi is a very talented guy which is why we drafted him into the squad straightaway. We see something different in him. He’s got lot of variations and skill-set with him. He can bowl at any stage and it gives us a lot of options to rotate the other bowlers.”
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He continued: “Very happy with his first game for India and he’s got a bright future and it’s just about us now on how we use him. Someone like Shreyas Iyer is sitting out, very hard on him not making it to playing eleven, but we needed someone to bowl in the middle which is why we couldn’t get him in. It’s always nice with that kind of competition going around and a lot of the guys are missing out as well. I’m happy to have that kind of challenges rather than not having players available and not in form. We were very clear with Shreyas and we told him we want that option going into the World Cup. Guys do understand what the team wants and all these guys are professionals and they do understand that team comes first. Once everyone is available it’s something we need to sit down and understand.”
“Lots of things to take into consideration and sometimes it can be very tough on the guys missing out, but we want to make sure that we give out a clear message with guys performing needs to get that run and we want to put the team first. I have been talking to him (Ishan) for a long time now, when he was playing with Mumbai Indians in the middle order which wasn’t his natural position. We saw in Chennai when the pitch was slow he wasn’t able to get going, we just want to make sure that we give him that confidence with what he needs to do and look to find that odd boundary in the middle. It’s just about rotating strike in the middle and with Ishan it’s just about getting some game time and wearing the blue and playing for India, there’s too much pressure. It’s our job to make sure that whenever he steps in he’s quite comfortable,” Rohit Sharma concluded.
