By: Tanya Sahni
Virat Kohli brought in Kedar Jadhav in the middle overs and it turned the game upside down. Jadhav got two crucial wickets, which shifted the momentum in India’s favour in the semifinal last night.
The Indian captain has now revealed that he took MS Dhoni’s advice to use Jadhav. Kohli also praised Jadhav for turning point in the match. He termed him a street-smart cricketer.
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In the post match conference, Kohli said, “I won’t take the whole credit for this bowling change as I asked MS (Dhoni) as well and we both decided that Kedar is a good option at the moment and he bowled really well.”
“He doesn’t bowl much in the nets but he is smart cricketer,” he added. “He knows where the batsmen will get troubled and he thinks like a batter when he is bowling. It is always an advantage to any bowler if he thinks like that.”
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Kohli also praised the Indian pace duo of Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Jasprit Bumrah on their performance.
“Even in conditions which are not favouring the bowlers, their line and length have been such that they keep producing wicket-taking deliveries. So credit to both of them to getting us close to where we stand,” Kohli said.
