Watson believes Bhuvneshwar Kumar will partner bumrah and Shardul Thakur will play as the third fast bowler as he can add depth to the batting
Anis Sajan
On a zoom chat with the legend Shane Watson discussing the mother of all clashes India vs Pakistan, he said its bigger than the ashes, a lot more people watching than the England-Australia game and lots more riding on it. What a game it will be, its always one the picks of any icc tournament. He said the Dubai international ground will help the team batting second as its a bit tacky to begin with and dew too will play a role so batting second definably helps. And chasing is always better as teams batting second has always dominated.
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When I asked him about how Babar Azam, first World Cup game against Pakistan, Watson said this is indeed going to test his character against a team whom they have never beaten in a World Cup game, five losses and will be under lot of pressure going in to the game as the expectations is going to be too high from the fans. He is looking forward to the matchup between bumrah and Babar Azam, he is consistent in getting runs but the question mark is in his boundary hitting abilities after the power play and take the game on. And games can be won in the middle of the game. He will be in the ring of fire and he needs to fire big to beat India.
About fakkar zaman has gone about the boil after the champions trophy and the key match up will be how he plays Ravindra jadeja as he generally takes on the left arm spinners. But he is more impressed with mohammed rizwan will open and is in good form and his role will be very important for Pakistan to score big or chase down a target. About Indian batting, he wants to see Rohit Sharma and kl Rahul and his favourite player from India is kl Rahul and he has more freedom when he playing for team Indian than playing for Punjab kings and is strike rate is 150 without taking a risk and take on any bowler in the world and is the player to watch out.
And when India chases, Viral Kohli is always there and India don’t lose if viral is there and his record against Pakistan is incredible. And India’s top three is mind blowing and is the engine room. He is also mentioned about Suryakumar Yadav and play all-round the wicket, his ability to hit boundaries in different areas without taking risk makes him special. He is effortless. He believes Rishab Pant will step up and will play ahead of Ishan Kishan, he is a gun player.
Watson believes Bhuvneshwar Kumar will partner bumrah and Shardul Thakur will play as the third fast bowler as he can add depth to the batting. And was in good form in the second part of IPL. Jadejas spin partner will be Varun Chakravarty as he is the X factor and will play ahead of Ashwin, his ability to bowl different variety of balls, Pakistan has never played him and will find him difficult to read.
And Dhoni being the mentor of team India is a master stroke as his experience will help the whole team along with virat kohli, it will make a massive thing, the influence he has on viral kohli, they work great as a team to help him navigate. His calming influence on the group will be great. Lastly he said India goes as favourites because of the fire power and Pakistan will have to play out of their skin to beat India. India’s record is so good and having played the IPL gives them the edge. It will be one of the games of the tournament.
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