Haris Rauf believes that no participant in world cricket save the peerless Virat Kohli may have hit him for these two sixes in that thrilling India victory towards Pakistan within the T20 World Cup match in October. Speaking for the primary time to a Pakistani web site about these two hits, Rauf stated had Hardik Pandya or Dinesh Karthik hit him like that, he would have felt “hurt”. Kohli’s unbeaten 83 off 52 balls, thought of as one of many biggest T20 innings, noticed India beat arch-rivals Pakistan by 4 wickets.

Needing 28 off the final eight balls, Kohli first lofted Rauf down the bottom with a back-foot punch for the ages after which flicked him behind sq. to principally shut the sport earlier than final over.

“That was his class and the kind of shots that he plays, and the two sixes that he hit, I don’t think any other player could hit those kind of shots. Had Dinesh Karthik or Hardik Pandya hit me like that, I would have been hurt but that was Kohli, and that’s different class,” Rauf informed ‘Cricwick’ web site in an interview.

The first six hit down the bottom is one thing that Rauf is not in a position to comprehend even after a month.

“I had no idea that he (Kohli) can hit me down the ground off that length. So when he hit that shot off me, that’s his class. My plan and execution was fine but that shot was all class.”

Rauf’s plan was to present left-arm spinner Mohammed Nawaz at the least 20-run cushion for the final over however Kohli’s brilliance upset his plans.

“Look, India required 31 off the last 12 balls. I had given away only three runs off four deliveries. I knew Nawaz was bowling the last over, he is a spinner and I had tried to leave at least four big boundaries for him and leave at least more than 20 runs,” stated Rauf.

“And since 28 were required off last eight balls, I bowled three slower one and he was deceived. I had only bowled one quick ball out of four. So the idea was to bowl a slower one on that back-of-a-length zone since the dimensions of square boundary was bigger.”

Rauf stated he has shared an excellent rapport with Kohli, having bowled to him on the India nets in the course of the 2018-19 collection when the final Test was held on the SCG.

“I used to be taking part in Grade 1 membership cricket in Sydney and I had bowled to the Indian group. Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Ravi Shastri, they have always met me with lot of warmth. Ravi Shastri, in fact, during World Cup told me that he was so happy to see my success and transition.

“Kohli has additionally been very appreciative. He informed me that you simply bowled at our nets and now it’s good to see you do properly at worldwide stage.”

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