T20 WC brand ambassador Yuvraj backs Rohit & Virat in squad
Karthik started the last T20 World Cup in Australia as India’s designated keeper before losing his spot ahead of the team’s semifinal defeat to England.
Led by Virat Kohli, Indian squad is going to face the biggest challenge of the year in South Africa. In 2017, Virat Kohli shattered many records and it seemed as if the Indian team was invincible on home soil.
Last year, India beat England 4-0 in the five-match Test series when the Men-In-Blue hosted the Englishmen. The current Proteas coach, Ottis Gibson, was England’s bowling coach in that tour and he remembers watching England falling apart in front of Virat Kohli’s boys. In that series, the Indian was unstoppable as he went on to score 655 runs with the help of two centuries and two half-centuries.
While talking to ‘www.sport24.co.za’ Gibson recalled, “They were too good for us. They played really well and were led very well by the captain, who got a lot of runs. There were times in those conditions where we couldn’t get him out.”
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However, Gibson have some good news for South Africans, as he is not expecting the repeat of Virat Kohli’s performance in Africa as the condition will be different in the rainbow nation. “I think in these conditions it will be a lot different,” Gibson said, adding, “We’ll have some plans for him as we will for every other player in the team.”
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