Feb 04, 2025 07:12 PM IST
English batters will fare higher in opposition to Chakravarthy in 50-over format: Pietersen
Mumbai, England nice Kevin Pietersen on Tuesday termed Varun Chakravarthy’s inclusion within the Indian squad for 3 ODIs in opposition to England as “a great decision” however backed the guests to fare higher in opposition to the right-arm spinner within the longer model.
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Chakravarthy was throughout England within the five-T20I collection taking 14 wickets in India’s 4-1 collection win, following which he has been added to the ODI facet with the collection beginning in Nagpur on Thursday.
“The English batters would be better against him in the one-dayers because they can spend more time. It’s a longer format, not every ball is an event. But I think it is a great decision ,” Pietersen advised media on the sidelines of the launch of Dram Bell Scotch Whisky.
Pietersen termed England’s loss in T20Is as a “disaster”, including that the collection would have been levelled in Pune if a like-for-like concussion substitution for Shivam Dube had been used as an alternative of tearaway fast Harshit Rana.
“It was a disappointing series from England’s perspective. I think that in the fourth T20I, if the concussion substitution had been done correctly, maybe England would have got up there,” he mentioned.
“It would have been 2-2 coming to the Wankhede . It would have been way more on the game. But it didn’t happen.”
Pietersen mentioned India nice Yuvraj Singh is “rubbing off” now on Abhishek Sharma who performed the “best T20I innings I’ve ever seen”.
“Abishek is amazing. He had the shades …. Obviously, Yuvraj is rubbing off now on Abishek. His batting was fantastic. It was the best T20 international innings, I’ve ever seen and I said that to him afterwards,” Pietersen said.
“It was easy. The stroke play was nice, there was no funky photographs, no ramping, no sweeping, reverse sweeping. It was simply perfection,” the previous England captain would not cease gushing in regards to the Punjab southpaw’s hitting capability.
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