India’s ace Check batter Cheteshwar Pujara and Pakistan star Mohammad Rizwan are presently having fun with one another’s firm whereas plying commerce for Sussex within the ongoing County Championship. You will need to word that Pujara has been probably the most constant batters of the aspect with already 717 runs in 4 video games thus far however the case with Rizwan is just not actually the identical. Whereas Pujara is the second-highest run-getter within the season, the Pakistan batter began on an inconsistent word.
In the identical gentle, Rizwan opened on how we went to Pujara for a chat and gathered some recommendation from him after bearing early dismissals in County matches. The Pakistan cricketer additionally said that he absorbed Pujara’s phrases of knowledge on the strategy of taking part in near the physique. It was within the Sussex’s match towards Durham the place Pujara and Rizwan stitched a sturdy stand of 154 runs the place the previous slammed a double ton (203), and the latter pitched in with 79 runs.
Earlier than slamming 79 runs, the Peshawar cricketer had scores of twenty-two, 0, and 4, in three innings. Rizwan concluded the dialog on a humorous word by including what he discovered from Pujara and one can ask Pujara himself as to what he discovered from the Pakistan cricketer (with amusing). Sussex may have its subsequent contest towards Leicestershire on Might 12, Thursday.
Pujara instructed me a number of issues and certainly one of them was to play near the physique: Mohammad Rizwan
“With Pujara, I had a chat with him after I received out early. He instructed me a number of issues and certainly one of them was to play near the physique. And as everybody is aware of, we now have been taking part in white-ball cricket constantly over the previous few years and play a bit away from our physique. In white-ball, you don’t play very near your physique because the ball doesn’t swing or seam as a lot,” Rizwan instructed Cricwick.
“So early on right here, I performed away from my physique and received out twice in an analogous approach. Then I went over to fulfill him within the nets and I keep in mind him saying that once we play in Asia, we drive the ball to play the drive. Right here, we don’t want to do this. And we have to play near the physique. I’ve performed white-ball cricket constantly. So, these are the issues which he instructed me and no matter he discovered from me, he can inform [laughs],” he added.
