Legendary pacer Wasim Akram lashed out at Pakistan pacers for his or her ‘chest height’ bouncer techniques in opposition to India captain Rohit Sharma within the mega ODI World Cup conflict at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad on Saturday. Rohit smashed the Pakistan bowlers throughout the park as they appeared clueless in opposition to him.

The swashbuckling opener hit 86 runs off 63 balls which was laced with 6 fours and as many sixes. The Pakistan bowlers tried to focus on Rohit on brief balls however the hitman was batting in full circulation and smashed them for some wonderful sixes.

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Akram was not impressed with the Pakistan pacers’ techniques and stated there’s solely a spot for chest-height bouncers.

“You have bowled bouncers at chest peak. Rohit Sharma will not be 6’5. If you’ve to bowl the bouncers, bowl at him face peak and that too barely outdoors off in order that he pulls and there’s advantageous leg, and sq. leg. If you bowl bouncers at chest peak, there is just one place for it – stands,” Akram said on A News.

Meanwhile, Akram also talked about Mohammad Rizwan’s wickets as Jasprit Bumrah outfoxed him with a sharp slower one which moved back in for the batter and hit the timber.

“Everything was finishing within the stumps, and there was the slowball against the set batsman. (On Rizwan’s wicket) Any batsman would have got out on this kind of delivery. It nipped back and then pitched, held its nice, and just clicked his off-stump,” he added.

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During the identical dialogue, Misbah-ul-Haq slammed the Pakistan batters for struggling in opposition to the identical factor prior to now few years.

“It’s easy. When you discuss Pakistan’s issues, in the event you look again on the Asia Cup and the 2019 World Cup, one factor is widespread, we now have no clue after we play on gradual pitches. We get caught in opposition to spin,” he added.

The former Pakistan captain said that the cautious approach against fast bowlers put the batters under pressure and eventually they commit mistakes against the spinners.

“Even we don’t take on fast bowlers, we don’t take on against bowling [attack], we wait, and it leads to unsurmountable pressure, which leads to mistakes and wickets,” he stated.