Virat Kohli gives his bowlers freedom to decide on spell lengths: Mohammed Shami

In a full performance, India defeated South Africa by 203 runs in the first round of the three-game series at Visakhapatnam on Sunday, the fifth day of the game. By needing 395 races to win the game, the Proteas could not survive the last day and ran out of 191, thanks to the excellent spectacle of bowlers. While the pacemaker Mohammed Shami chose a room, the spinner on the left arm Ravindra Jadeja took four. Ravichandran Ashwin took eight wickets in the game to become the fastest bowler to catch 350 scalps in the longest format, along with another Muttiah Muralitharan out of the spinner.

Shami, who broke the back of the SA batting with his 5 by 35, said after the game that the captain of India, Virat Kohli, gives his players the freedom to decide the duration of their spells. The pacemaker, who ran out of wicket in the first innings, picked up his five scalps quite quickly in the second inning, in just 10.5 passes. It was his fifth quarter in red ball cricket.



“Virat Kohli as captain always listens to us and gives us the freedom to follow our strategy during the match. He has given us the freedom to make a call about whether we want to play 5 or more or more, and he says: “If you have the power, go ahead and play.” That’s when we take a call that we’ll throw three shocks, but with all the power … That’s the understanding we have. He trusts us, and we trust him, “said the pacemaker, who turned 29 last month, during an interview with broadcasters after the game.

Shami also praised the efforts of Ashwin and Jadeja, the spinning duo that joined in a test match after a long time and handed it over by claiming 14 wickets between them.

Shami praises Ashwin and Jadeja
“Ashwin has a lot of experience in cricket test and played very well in both the first and second innings. When you have great bowlers like Ashwin and Jadeja on the team, fast bowlers can breathe easy and relax, knowing they are there, “said Shami, who had an additional responsibility in the game after Jasprit Bumrah was discarded. .

The second test will begin in Pune on October 10. India accumulated 40 points as a result of the victory of Visakhapatnam and took its points account in the ICC World Championship to 160. The teams in second place, New Zealand and Sri Lanka, only have 60 points each.