Gautam Gambhir shocked after Yuzvendra Chahal didn’t full quota in 2nd IND vs NZ T20I: Made no sense to me

India vs New Zealand: Gautam Gambhir was left shocked after Deepak Hooda bowled 4 overs as an alternative of Yuzvendra Chahal within the second T20I in Lucknow.

New Delhi,UPDATED: Jan 29, 2023 23:36 IST

Made no sense: Gambhir shocked after Chahal didn’t full quota in 2nd T20I. Courtesy: AP

By India Today Web Desk: Former batter Gautam Gambhir discovered it robust to make sense of Yuzvendra Chahal not finishing his quota of 4 overs within the second T20I between India and New Zealand on Sunday, January 29 on the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow.

Chahal bowled solely two overs, certainly one of which was a maiden, and completed with spectacular figures of 2-1-4-1. It was Chahal who gave India their first breakthrough by getting the wicket of Finn Allen, who hit two fours and scored 11 off 10 balls.

“Chahal is your No.1 spinner in the T20 format. Asking him to bowl only two overs where he got the wicket of Finn Allen and not using his quota of four overs makes no sense to me. Yes you want to give chances to young guys line Arshdeep Singh and Shivam Mavi. But then you could have bowled Chahal in the last or second-last over,” Gambhir was quoted as saying to Star Sports.

Gambhir was additionally shocked after Deepak Hooda bought a chance to finish his quota of 4 overs as an alternative of Chahal. Hooda bought the essential wicket of Glenn Phillips and had figures of 4-0-17-1.

“For me, Hardik missed a trick as Chahal could have helped India bowl New Zealand for around 80-85. On this kind of a wicket, you don’t want to let the opposition off the hook. But then again, I was surprised after Deepak Hooda was asked to bowl four overs and not Chahal,” he added.

After being requested to chase down 100, India huffed and puffed fairly a bit earlier than profitable the match with one ball to spare. Suryakumar Yadav grew to become the Player of the Match for his unbeaten 26-run knock below strain. Earlier, the Kiwis scored solely 99 for the lack of eight wickets in 20 overs.

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sabyasachi chowdhury

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Jan 29, 2023