India leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal had a tough outing in the ODI series against Australia and was eventually left out of the last match. He was also dropped for the first T20I but still got a chance to bowl after being picked as a concussion substitute for Ravindra Jadeja.
Jadeja was hit by Mitchell Starc on the head in the last over and he didn't take the field in the second innings. Chahal utilized the opportunity and proved it was a wrong call to not include him in the playing XI. He bagged three wickets and won the Man of the Match for his performance.
"We have played a lot of T20s in the last two months in the IPL so I was prepared for the opportunity. It was a bit difficult to bowl in the ODI as we have to bowl 10 overs with five fielders inside the circle. When I sit out, I do watch other spinners, on which lengths they bowl," Chahal told Mayank Agarwal in a video posted on BCCI's official website.
"I wanted to rectify my ODI mistakes and I was just focusing on bowling dot balls as that build pressure on batsmen to charge bowlers," he added.
India won the match by 11 runs after Chahal came up with game-changing figures of 3/25 in four overs. Australia lost no wicket in the powerplay, but Chahal brought India back in the game by removing Aaron Finch and then another important batsman, Steve Smith.
"I was trying to bowl outside the off-stump as they are not good on the off-side and that part of the ground has longer boundaries. I don't want to bowl on the wickets," he said.
(With ANI Inputs)
