Indian leg spinner Yuzvendra Chahal, who netted four wickets in the first ODI against the West Indies here, has credited new white-ball skipper Rohit Sharma for the execution, saying the star batter made him realize the more googlies he threw. , the more effective his leg fractures would become. India won the match by six wickets and took a 1-0 lead in the three-match series. “We had spoken before the match. What you said before the match, what I missed in South Africa, I haven’t googled anymore so it was on my mind,” Chahal told Rohit in an interview that aired on ‘bcci.tv’.
“The hard hitters decide that if the ball is in his area he will go for the shot…so when you said ‘the more googlies you bowl, your leg spin will be more effective’. I threw that to you in the nets and I realized it,” the 31-year-old explained.
According to Chahal, when he was not in the national team, he worked on changing his bowling angles.
“I’ve changed my angles, there are slow wickets here. When I wasn’t on the team I thought about what improvements could be made.
“I saw other bowlers getting side-armed to bowl these wickets. I noticed when I bowled into the nets that the ball moves faster and you need more pulse,” he explained.
The Haryana player, who took his 100th ODI wicket here on Sunday by sacking Nicholas Pooran, said it felt good to reach the milestone.
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“It’s a good feeling (to take 100 ODI wickets). There have been ups and downs in my five-year career, but it’s a good feeling when you take 100 wickets in any format, which is a big thing.
“I never thought it would happen so quickly. I continued what I kept doing,” Chahal said.
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