Malik, through the dialogue A Sports activities, a Pakistani-based channel, expressed his opinion that Rahul should have targeted on rotating the strike, particularly when boundaries had been onerous to come back by through the match.”KL Rahul was simply attempting to bat by means of the 50 overs. He mustn’t have carried out that and will have tried to play his recreation. For those who’re batting in powerful circumstances and the boundaries aren’t coming simply, then at the very least you have to rotate strike. That wasn’t occurring, there have been quite a lot of dot balls,” Malik mentioned.
Malik additional emphasised that the Indian wicketkeeper-batter ought to have taken a extra proactive strategy through the match.
“He has been taking quite a lot of duty when India loses fast wickets upfront. If you will notice his innings (in opposition to Australia) 66 off 107 balls, it was not a KL Rahul innings. He went right into a zone, the place he solely wished to play the entire fifty overs. He ought to have been a bit extra proactive,” he added.
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He identified that on the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, the lengthy aspect boundaries labored to the benefit of the Australian gamers, who successfully utilised them in opposition to the ‘Males in Blue’.
Moreover, Malik acknowledged that the winners of the World Cup 2023 demonstrated a superior understanding of Indian circumstances in comparison with the hosts.
“The venue wherein this match was performed had lengthy aspect boundaries. The Australian utilised these boundaries very effectively. They mentioned we cannot allow you to hit us down the bottom and you’ll hit us sq. of the wicket. Their bowlers used variations very effectively. The Australians assessed the Indian circumstances higher than the Indians after which executed their plans,” Malik additional added.
Former Pakistan skipper Misbah-ul-Haq mentioned that Rahul didn’t belief the opposite batters within the first inning of the sport. He additional mentioned that the 31-year-old was considering of reaching the 250-run mark for his crew and it bought troublesome.
“KL performs spin very effectively and we now have seen it all through the event. He performs effectively sq. of the wicket, entrance of the wicket, and makes use of his ft rather well. However his strategy was that he was ready. He perhaps was not trusting the opposite batters. He was enthusiastic about getting the crew to 250 and it bought troublesome,” mentioned Misbah.
(With ANI Inputs)
