It was Kuldeep Yadav who bagged essentially the most wickets for India within the Asia Cup 2023 Super 4 conflict towards Sri Lanka however he wasn’t the one bowler who impressed skipper Rohit Sharma. At the post-match presentation ceremony, Rohit extolled allrounder Hardik Pandya for an exceptional show with the ball towards the Lankans, particularly because the pitch was getting higher for the batters to play because the day progressed. Hardik stepped up with the ball when the sport was slipping from their palms and India had been determined for a wicket.

Dunith Wellalage was respiration fireplace on one finish, whereas the remainder of the batters had been holding on to at least one finish. Hardik pulled again the momentum in India’s favour as he dismissed Maheesh Theekshana.

Even although Hardik ended the night time with a single wicket, his 5 overs had been a sight to behold.

“He has worked really hard in his bowling for the last couple of years. It doesn’t happen overnight and it’s pleasing to see. He looked like taking a wicket off every ball. Was not an easy target to defend as the pitch got easier at the end and we had to put it consistently in one area and I think we did quite well,” Rohit stated within the post-match presentation.

Along with Hardik, Kuldeep as soon as once more stole the limelight with a four-wicket haul making him the second quickest to 150 ODI wickets after Mohammed Shami.

“For the past year or so bowling really really well. He has done a lot of hard work on his rhythm. He went back to the drawing board and worked on it. The ball is coming out nicely and you can see the results in the last 10 ODIs,” Rohit added.

With this victory, India certified for the Asia Cup 2023 remaining with a sport to spare. Before the ultimate sport on Sunday, India can be in motion towards Bangladesh on Friday.

With ANI inputs