IND vs SL: At the first T20I encounter of the year on Tuesday at Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium, the Indian team narrowly defeated Sri Lanka by two runs (January 3). When Sri Lankan bowlers successfully held India to 162/5, their batsmen nearly won the match for their team. The hosts had a difficult task ahead of them in order to protect the objective, but they succeeded in doing so in a thrilling final over.
In his first international match, Shivam Mavi shone with four wickets, while Umran Malik and Harshal Patel each contributed with two. Axar Patel and Yuzvendra Chahal, two Indian spinners, struggled to get wickets and performed poorly financially. India’s top spinner, Chahal, let up 26 runs in a two-over spell, and Axar gave up 31 runs at a 10.33 economy rate.
Going forward, I consider that to be a worry: Wasim Jaffer
Many people, including the veteran cricketer Wasim Jaffer, were shocked when Axar bowled the final over while the Indian team was defending 13 runs before Chahal and Hardik Pandya. He claimed that Chahal’s bowling was quite subpar, which made Axar have to bowl the final over.
“Chahal played an extremely mediocre game, which is disappointing. Only two overs were bowled by each spinner. Axar had to bowl the final over, which was his third over. Going forward, I consider that to be a worry.” Wasim Jaffer told ESPNcricinfo that under most circumstances, you would want your two spinners to bowl at least seven overs if not eight.
Although Hardik, India’s sixth bowling option, only bowled three overs while allowing 14 runs to be scored, he was remarkable with his economical spell. Jaffer emphasised the significance of Hardik bowling all of his allotted overs because India is preparing for the one-day World Cup in 2023 and the all-rounder may need to bowl more overs.
“Hardik must throw a ball. This raises new questions. He naps whenever India can afford to give him a break. However, because it is the World Cup, India may occasionally play with three seamers, and he may need to bowl 8 to 10 overs during the game,” Jaffer continued.
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