“Dimaag Ke Upar Dimaag Lagaya”: Virat Kohli Praises Ravichandran Ashwin For Staying Calm Under Pressure Against Pakistan

India gained their opening match of the 2022 ICC T20 World Cup towards Pakistan in Melbourne on Sunday and it was made potential by former captain Virat Kohli‘s epic unbeaten knock of 83 runs. Kohli stitched a century stand with Hardik Pandya to bail India out of hassle from a precarious state of affairs after which offered the fireworks in direction of the top to assist the staff obtain a win that appeared inconceivable at one level.

The final over was a dramatic one which noticed Mohammad Nawaz decide up the wickets of Hardik and Dinesh Karthik, however he additionally bowled a no ball to Kohli, which price Pakistan pricey ultimately.

Ravichandran Ashwin got here out to bat with 2 runs wanted off the final ball. He calmly allowed the supply bowled by Nawaz to slip down the leg facet and that led to a large ball which meant the scores had been stage.

The ultimate supply was re-bowled and Ashwin hit it over the mid-off fielder’s head to assist India win. Talking about Ashwin’s function and quietness on the finish Kohli stated that it was very straightforward for him to get excited however the veteran India participant saved his cool.

“If you want 15-16 runs per over, after which the equation comes right down to 2 runs off 2 balls, individuals can get relaxed or over-excited that this goal is nearly achieved. Then Dinesh Karthik obtained out, I informed Ashwin to hit over the covers. However uss time pe Ash ne dimaag ke uppar additional dimaag lagya (Ashwin used his mind at that time of time). That was a really courageous factor to do, he got here inside the road and the ball turned out to be a large. The state of affairs was that if the ball goes into the hole, we’ll find yourself successful and that’s what occurred,” stated Kohli whereas talking to Star Sports activities.

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