IND vs AUS KL Rahul on Mohali Heat: India won the first ODI match played against Australia in Mohali on Friday by 5 wickets. The captaincy of the first two matches for Team India has been handed over to KL Rahul. Senior players including Rohit Sharma will be included in the third ODI. KL himself made a big contribution with the bat in the victory of Team India. He hit 4 fours and 1 six and scored unbeaten 58 runs in 63 balls. KL looked elated after this spectacular victory. After the match, he gave a big statement on the question of captaincy.
In the beginning it felt like heaven after Colombo
Harsha Bhogle said to KL Rahul after the match – You have returned as captain after a long time. On this KL said- This is not the first time, this always happens with me. I am used to it and also like it. KL also talked about the heat of Mohali. Many players of Team India seemed upset by this. KL said- The heat was intense in the afternoon, but initially it felt like heaven after Colombo.
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However, the afternoon heat bothered us. Despite this, the commitment shown by the boys was commendable. We played only five bowlers so they had to bowl 10 overs. It becomes physically challenging because of the heat, but we have all worked on our fitness and it shows on the field.
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Said this to Surya
KL further said- We were put under pressure in between. We started really well with the ball, but the middle overs were difficult because of the heat. We talked about staying committed for 50 overs. I was in a difficult position after keeping for 50 overs. It was difficult for the middle order batsmen in the beginning, but they formed a good partnership with Surya. We kept talking about hitting good cricket shots. After Shubman’s dismissal, it was a bit difficult to dismiss the set batsman. We kept talking about hitting good cricket shots, rotating the strike. We didn’t want to get into trouble, we were always on equal footing so we wanted to take it deeper.
