NZ v IND 2020: Trent Boult says, “It is nice to draw the error out of Virat Kohli” after getting him out in Wellington

Kohli edge a short ball to BJ Watling off Boult for 19 runs.

Boult surrounded by his teammates as Kohli walks off dejected | GettyNew Zealand pacer Trent Boult was the major destructor in the second innings of the Indian team. He picked three wickets in India’s score of 144/4, leaving them 39 runs adrift of Kiwi’s lead of 183 runs.

Boult dismissed Prithvi Shaw (14), Cheteshwar Pujara (11) and the big fish in Virat Kohli (19) as his amazing bowling left India on the cusp of defeat, which might be their first one in the ongoing ICC World Test Championship.

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Talking to the press at the end of the day, Trent Boult revealed his game plan against the no.1 ranked Test batsman. "Virat likes to feel the bat on the ball like a couple of their guys. Definitely almost we miss, he hits and he hits it well and gets boundaries. From our point of view, we were trying to dry that up and for me personally using the wicket (crease) and the shorter ball was a good plan to try and control his run rate," Boult said.

Virat Kohli has scored just one fifty in 9 innings on current NZ tour across formats | GettyHe gave rich credit to young Kyle Jamieson for building up that pressure at the other end. "It is nice to draw the error out of him but I think the way that Kyle has been bowling the whole match, especially that spell he bowled to him and not letting him getaway to a racing start was a big part of it," the senior speedster said.

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"That’s the luxury of being a left-armer and being able to use those subtle changes. The red balls here in New Zealand haven’t been swinging as much as they have in the past and if that’s not happening for me then it comes down to changing angles and using different parts of the crease," said Boult on the ball not swinging much at the Basin Reserve.

He was also happy to contribute in putting New Zealand in a winning position in the first Test. “It’s turning into a pretty good wicket. The accuracy was probably better and to come around the wicket was a good option. As a collective group, the guys have just managed to put a ball in an area and control that run rate. It's nice to get a couple of wickets and we're in a pretty good position,” he added.

(PTI inputs)

 
 

By Jatin Sharma - 23 Feb, 2020

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