Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) pacer Avesh Khan revealed that it was their plan to give their best while fielding and bowling in good areas against the Mumbai Indians (MI) in the 26th match of the ongoing IPL 2022 on Saturday (April 16) at Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai.
Batting first, the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) posted 199/4 on the board in their 20 overs, thanks to KL Rahul’s 3rd IPL century. Defending the total, Avesh Khan gave LSG an early breakthrough by dismissing Rohit Sharma (6) in the 3rd over and then Dewal Brevis (31) in the 6th over.
He finished with the brilliant figures of 3/30, as LSG beat MI by 18 runs to jump to the second spot in the IPL 2022 points table, while the five-time champions are still searching for a win in the tournament.
Avesh Khan said in the post-match virtual press conference: “The attempt was to take out wickets initially as they were playing with six batters. Our plan was to take out one or two wickets early so that we can be on top of the game. Irrespective of the team, pitch, or venue, if you make 200 runs then the scoreboard pressure is on the other team. When we were walking towards the ground, this was the conversation happening and talked about doing well on the field and bowling in good areas.”
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On Rahul’s advice after being smashed for boundaries by Brevis, the pacer said: “Have very good communication (with the captain). When I was trying to take wicket of Brevis, that time he said ‘length ball is picking well, you can try it. I bowled a bouncer and then on the yorker, he was caught at cover. I have very good conversations with the captain in middle of a spell while bowling, which helps a lot.”
Speaking about his ability to bowl yorkers either in power-play or death overs, Avesh said: “In practice sessions, I try to back my yorkers. I bowl my yorkers with 100 percent effort even in practice sessions because, in the match, there always comes a situation where you have to bowl yorkers. As a bowler, if you don’t bowl your yorkers with 100 percent effort, it will be a miss then.”
The pacer further explained, “If you miss the yorker, then the batter has a good chance to hit the ball for a boundary. In the final over of the match or in the death overs, I always try to bowl with 100 percent of my effort and focus on the execution that whenever I bowl yorkers, I have to hit pinpoint yorkers or wide yorkers or stump yorkers. I always try to bowl the yorkers exactly on the line.”
He concluded, “LSG is a really good franchise and endeavor is to do well in future matches as we won four out of six matches and will plan for future matches to maintain the (bowling) rhythm.”
(With IANS Inputs)
