Legendary batter Sunil Gavaskar reckoned that Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma should have been careful about their shot selection in India’s match against Pakistan in the Asia Cup 2022. After being asked to chase down 148, India lost the early wicket of KL Rahul, but made a comeback through Rohit and Virat’s 49-run stand for the second wicket.
However, both batters perished to left-armer Mohammad Nawaz while attempting big shots down the ground. In fact, Nawaz was on a hat-trick after getting rid of the stalwarts of the Indian batting lineup. From 50 for one in 7.5 overs, the Men in Blue were reduced to 53 for three in a space of eight balls.
Gavaskar also felt that Kohli should have ridden on his luck and got a big score. Kohli got a lifeline early on when he was dropped in the slips off Naseem Shah. Thereafter, he was surprised by a bouncer from Haris Rauf, although he collected six runs.
“Rahul played just one ball, so you can’t judge anything from that. Rohit and Kohli had the opportunity to bat for some time, they got runs. All these earlier times when people were talking about Kohli’s form, I kept on saying that he is not having any luck.
“Today, he had a lot of luck, drop catches, a lot of inside edges, which went so close to the stumps, he had the luck. But he did capitalise on it and played some very fine shots,” Gava