IND vs AFG T20 World Cup Post-Match Analysis |Suryakumar Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah Lead India to Victory

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Join us as we delve into the thrilling match where Suryakumar Yadav and Jasprit Bumrah powered India to a stunning 47-run victory against Afghanistan in the T20 World Cup! With Rohit Sharma praising the team’s class bowlers, this win takes India one step closer to ending the decade-long wait for an ICC trophy. Watch our in-depth post-match analysis covering key highlights, standout performances, and what this win means for Team India’s campaign. Don’t miss it!

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00:00Hello, everyone.

00:01You're watching Pitch Battle.

00:02I'm your host Indranil.

00:03Finally, we won against Afghanistan.

00:04I mean, it was always on the expected line.

00:05But what was not on the expected line is the form of these two gentlemen.

00:06Yes, we're talking about Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma.

00:07I mean, he's turned the clock a little bit.

00:082023 World Cup at home, both are battling beautifully.

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00:55Virat can go.

00:56Rohit can stay.

00:57And who will go?

00:58Who will stay?

00:59What will happen?

01:00Let's find out from our expert Avinash and Shakya joining us.

01:04Gentlemen, Shakya, welcome.

01:08Gentlemen, welcome.

01:09I mean, of course, Avinash.

01:10I want to know, Avinash, what's happening?

01:12Who's going to go?

01:13Who's going to stay?

01:14Where are the youngsters?

01:15I mean, of course, some people…

01:17I was talking to a few top cricketers and they said,

01:21well, if he scores in the semifinal game, what do you do?

01:25I said, of course, there'll be flashes of brilliance once in a while.

01:28But that consistency, the way they are playing…

01:32T20 has changed so much.

01:34So much.

01:35You know, you can't play a dot ball.

01:36You can't play anything all along the ground.

01:39You have to play those lofted drives.

01:41Play those uppish drives.

01:43And that's what T20 cricket is all about.

01:46Once you go to the field, you're going to realize.

01:47Avinash, your thoughts?

01:50Definitely, Dada.

01:51This is what we were discussing back then when the team was announced.

01:54I mean, everybody had the similar thoughts.

01:56Because it was pretty evident that Virat and Rohit are going to open the innings.

02:02And they are…

02:03I mean, looking at the kind of performances they have had in the past in the T20Is.

02:08Or in the T20s.

02:10IPL, if we can talk about.

02:12They look like similar kind of a battle.

02:15And who take their time.

02:17Kohli is more of an accumulator, aggregator.

02:20He takes his time.

02:22Plays those grounded shots.

02:23While Rohit Sharma, we all know his template.

02:26He takes his time.

02:27Settles down.

02:28And then he explodes.

02:29After facing, say, about 20-25 deliveries.

02:33But cricket, as we all have seen in the IPL as well.

02:37It's evolved a lot.

02:39And you cannot waste 20-25 balls.

02:42In fact, yesterday, the match between West Indies and England.

02:46The West Indians ended up eating around 40-odd dot balls.

02:51And that was their peril.

02:53And one of the reasons they lost the match was because of the amount of dot balls they conceded.

02:58They played.

02:59So, obviously, a serious thinking needs to be done between these two.

03:05Because nobody can come up and tell them or preach them.

03:09I think the word could be plead, not preach for these two gentlemen.

03:14And, of course, post the T20 World Cup, whatever may be the outcome.

03:19Whether India end up winning it.

03:21Or, once again, failing to cross the finish line.

03:26Or the story repeats from 2016-2022.

03:31That we end up as the semi-finalists.

03:34Whatever is in store for us.

03:36But I certainly, for sure, do not see Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma playing for India in the T20 Ice side.

03:44After this tournament.

03:47Pinar, the preacher is coming.

03:50Gautam Gambhir is joining the team very soon.

03:55Let's hope the preacher, the teacher, the headmaster, taskmaster, whatever we might call him.

04:03Definitely, things are gonna change.

04:05And what we hear is that he will be joining the side only in the month of August.

04:12So, the West Indies, the Zimbabwe tour that we are going to tour right after the World Cup.

04:19Where a lot of French players and youngsters are going to be tried and tested.

04:23VVS Lakshman, the NCA head, is going to be the head coach on that tour.

04:29Well, we don't know that. I mean, let's just announce it.

04:32I mean, I am not sure about how things work there.

04:35But of course, when you start with the French players.

04:39And probably, West Indies Avinash could be a good sort of starting point for Gautam Gambhir.

04:44Get to know the French players.

04:45You already know the Rohit Sharma's and the Virat Kohli's.

04:50But 24 runs out of 24 deliveries.

04:52The wicket wasn't that difficult to bat.

04:55Shakya, I thought it eased out a little later on.

04:59But your thoughts, Virat Kohli, the way…

05:03I remember one particular shot was a half-volley, juicy half-volley.

05:07You just played a proper cricket shot.

05:09But proper cricket shot is not required here.

05:12You have to hit the ball.

05:13At least when you get a scoring… I mean a bad ball, you dispatch it for a boundary.

05:19Your thoughts, Shakya?

05:21Yeah, what both these two batters are going through in this tournament is unusual.

05:27It was not unexpected because they had spent time outside the T20 side.

05:33Virat Kohli has been doing well in the IPL.

05:35You can't say that about Rohit Sharma.

05:37But we have to look at both ways.

05:42Maybe it's not a bad thing that Rohit Sharma got out early.

05:46I mean, if you are not making runs, don't waste deliveries.

05:49Which is what we can say in the case of Rohit Sharma.

05:53In the case of Virat Kohli, he needed to hang in there.

05:56He needed to hang in there.

05:57Maybe he was required to hang in there.

05:59We were fortunate that Surya Kumar Yadav and then Hardik Pandya.

06:03And then before that, Rishabh Pant.

06:04Rishabh Pant played a big role in changing the momentum of the game yesterday.

06:08I think the Afghan bowlers had the word over us to begin with.

06:11Yeah, yeah, yeah.

06:13But I think at the end of the day, it's not looking good for either of these two players.

06:19It should not.

06:20Their ages.

06:21One is 37.

06:22The other is 36.

06:23And T20 is that one format where there is a lot of talent coming through in India.

06:31And we need to…

06:34This is probably their last dance as we might call it.

06:37But yesterday, I felt in yesterday's match, I think Afghanistan missed a trick.

06:42I think I would call it maybe the inexperience of Rashid Khan's captaincy.

06:46They should have given an extra over to Fazal Haq Farooqui in the par play.

06:50Because if Fazal Haq Farooqui had…

06:53He was bowling well.

06:54If he had managed to get…

06:56In his second over, he got Rohit Sharma out.

06:59He would have given one more over.

07:01I wouldn't have been surprised if he got either Pant or Kohli out in his third over.

07:07That would have made a big difference in the game.

07:09So, a little bit of inexperience from Afghanistan in the captaincy as well.

07:13But kudos to the likes of Surya Kumar, Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Hardik Pandya for changing the momentum of the contest and bailing us out.

07:24We were 15-20 runs more than what we needed on that surface.

07:27But talking about Virat and Rohit Sharma, that's our talking point today.

07:35Just imagine, they are not scoring, these two guys.

07:39We haven't seen Hardik also not getting those big ones.

07:45Rishabh also got in patches.

07:48So, once all these guys would come good, how will it look?

07:55I am just wondering.

07:56Do we have a chance in those knockout games?

08:00These guys are not scoring.

08:01Probably, they will score in the matches which will matter the most.

08:05How do you see that, Abhinav?

08:07Panning out for us.

08:08Definitely, it will be a concern.

08:12Because what we have seen, as you rightly mentioned about the ODI World Cup last year.

08:17Virat and Rohit were just…

08:19Rohit was setting the momentum and template for the way the batters in the middle order need to approach.

08:26And Virat was capitalizing on it.

08:28And then there were others who were finishing it.

08:30So, it was a perfect balance as far as the batting is concerned.

08:36And that is the reason why we ended up in the finals.

08:39And the very reason we didn't win or post the big runs in the finals was

08:46we didn't follow the template that we were following in the previous matches.

08:49So, definitely, going forward, especially in the match against Australia

08:54and if we qualify for the knockout stages where we are either supposed to play England, West Indies or South Africa.

09:02These teams are not going to give you a lot many leeways like what Afghanistan have done

09:09or the Pakistani or the US side has done.

09:12So, definitely, you will have to bank upon your most trusted warriors.

09:19And if these warriors are not being able to perform, then it is definitely going to be a nightmare for India.

09:28God forbid, if the middle order which is clicking.

09:31And obviously, law of averages catches up sometimes.

09:35So, when the middle order will not be able to perform, then you will be nowhere.

09:42We will be nowhere. That's true.

09:44But Pant and Hardik are the only two potential batters I can see.

09:49Because I missed out on these two names. Rohit, Virat, then of course, Shivam Dubey and Jadeja.

09:57These four guys are not coming to the party.

09:59But if Hardik and Rishabh would play to their potential, how would it look, Shakya?

10:06It will be such a glorious thing for India, isn't it?

10:11The only word which comes to my mind if Hardik and Rishabh are scoring is that word called glory.

10:18We will be glorified.

10:20I feel Rishabh is a man on a mission from whatever I have seen in this tournament.

10:24I know he has not made a 50 so far.

10:26But that doesn't matter.

10:29Every one of his matches, whether it is his games against Pakistan or whatever he did yesterday,

10:34it was not a very high-scoring innings.

10:36But it definitely took the Afghan bowlers off their rhythm yesterday.

10:41And I believe Rishabh is a man on a mission.

10:45Hardik also has a lot to prove.

10:47Especially after his not very happy captaincy stint with Mumbai Indians.

10:52But he is an absolute game-changer.

10:55And Surya Kumar Yadav is always there.

10:58Surya Kumar Yadav has been…

11:00I hope he is always there.

11:01Because he is a very good team against weaker side.

11:03But he is never a big player against weaker side.

11:06I mean, we will see that.

11:08But Surya Kumar Yadav in T20 cricket has that range of shots for all kinds of bowlers, for all kinds of deliveries.

11:19One of the reasons why I have been a big fan of Surya Kumar Yadav even before he played for India.

11:24I felt he would have been a very good fit in limited overs cricket.

11:27He didn't do it in ODIs.

11:29But in T20s, he comes to the party.

11:33Now what will happen is, if these people…

11:35Especially Surya Kumar Yadav.

11:37I am not talking about Rohit Virat.

11:39Rishabh Pant is a big match player.

11:41No question about it.

11:42But if these guys have that temperament to perform in a semi-final, in a crunch match.

11:48Because in the case of Surya Kumar Yadav, we saw what has happened to him in two crunch matches.

11:55The semi-final of T20 World Cup and the final of ODI World Cup.

12:00Are they big match players?

12:02Do they have that big match temperament?

12:04We have not seen that.

12:06So, still yesterday was an important victory.

12:10Because Afghanistan, I felt, would have been the biggest challenge in our way before going through to the knockouts.

12:18But even then, I wouldn't say Bangladesh should be an easy match either.

12:21I think we need to win that match against Bangladesh as well.

12:24But, you know, looking at the way the tournament is setting up, it's tough.

12:30India will have to be at its best to win this.

12:32There are lots of teams that can win the World Cup.

12:36So, I won't say…

12:37Absolutely. And to do that good work…

12:39There is a lot of work to do.

12:40Yeah. And to do that good work, we need solid foundation.

12:44And hence, the opening has to be good.

12:46That's the only way.

12:47But, Avinash, yesterday I thought Bumrah will again get a Man of the Match award.

12:53The way he bowled.

12:55He is just…

12:57I mean, whatever he is releasing, it's turning out to be gold.

13:01You know, I mean, turning out to be…

13:03Every time, every delivery.

13:05I mean, there is some…

13:07I mean, he is right now the best in the world.

13:11And every time we see him…

13:13Unbelievable stuff, really.

13:15I haven't seen any Indian fast bowler creating such impact in world cricket.

13:20Putting the fear of God inside the opponent's backing side.

13:24Which is an amazing thing.

13:26We have seen…

13:27We had match winners.

13:28We had Harbhajan Singh, Anil Kumble in form of spinners.

13:32We had Zaheer Khan, who was again…

13:34We had Ashish Nairaj.

13:36But this Bumrah is…

13:38We had Kapil Dev also.

13:40We have seen bits and pieces.

13:42Kapil Dev towards the back end of his career.

13:44But this man is simply next level.

13:47Even Vasim Akram is going gaga about Bumrah.

13:50We see him talking, commenting on the game.

13:53And Bumrah is just next level.

13:55What has he done to himself?

13:58I mean, what does he eat to come to the ground?

14:00That's my basic question.

14:04Absolutely.

14:05I mean, he has been the biggest match winner.

14:08And he is not made of the same kind of stuff

14:12which others are made of.

14:14That's definitely there.

14:16Absolutely.

14:17He could have been the player of the match.

14:21Had it not been for that 190-plus strike rate innings from Surya Kumar Yadav.

14:27And he ensured that Indian team had the momentum at the end of the innings.

14:33So, kudos to Surya Kumar Yadav.

14:35But matches are won by battles.

14:39But if you wish to win a tournament, definitely you will need the support of the bowlers.

14:44And your bowlers are going to win you the tournament.

14:47And this is what Bumrah is doing.

14:50We saw in the ODI World Cup, what Mohammad Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav.

14:56I mean, they were the men on mission.

14:59And similarly, here again, just like Shakya mentioned.

15:03If Rishabh Pant is a man on mission, so does Jasprit Bumrah.

15:08Let's be very honest.

15:10Because he has been the match-winner for India right from the start.

15:14But he has played 3 T20I World Cups, 2 ODI World Cups.

15:18But there has not been a single trophy in his cabinet.

15:21And an ICC Champions Trophy as well.

15:25So, definitely, he must also be very inclined to go and end up winning and lifting a trophy.

15:35So, Jasprit Bumrah is also, just like Rishabh Pant, a man on mission.

15:41There is a hunger not just to pick wickets, to just look the battlers very diminutive in front of him.

15:52And also, help India lift that coveted trophy.

15:56Because it's been almost 8 years since Jasprit Bumrah entered into the international circuit.

16:07And we've already always knew what kind of a player he is going to be.

16:12I mean, we knew there were glimpses of him.

16:14But obviously, he just surpassed everybody else.

16:18And became not just a legend for Indian cricket, but in fact, the world over.

16:24True. And that's why, you know, the way he is bowling, it's now or never.

16:29For Jasprit Bumrah, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma.

16:33In fact, they have been part of different teams.

16:36Kohli was part of 2011-2050 World Cup winning team.

16:41Rohit was also part of Zone 7, inaugural T20 World Cup team.

16:46But somehow, you know, which is good also.

16:49Kuldeep Yadav walking back into the team in place of Shiraj.

16:54At least we have a match. Because our approach, Shakya, has been be safe.

16:59You know, I mean, be safe. Don't go for runs. Don't go for wickets.

17:03I mean, our approach has not been absolutely spot-on like the Australian bowlers.

17:09We don't go for wickets.

17:11Our main mission in a T20 game is to save runs.

17:16But when you have attacking bowlers like Bumrah and Kuldeep,

17:21we can expect some miracle this time.

17:23Because we have to get out of that feel-good, that comfort level, comfort zone

17:30of just saving runs, 4 overs, 30 runs, I bowl well.

17:34No, it's not going to work. How many wickets you have taken?

17:37That culture, probably, and the way Bumrah is bowling,

17:42I think that culture will sort of take Indian cricket forward.

17:45In days to come.

17:47No, your point about Australia is correct and you are talking about playing safe.

17:52But the question here is that Australia has an advantage in that their 2 premier bowlers

17:59are also reasonably good batters.

18:02I am talking about Mitchell Stark and Patrick Cummins.

18:05Now, India does not have that luxury.

18:08Therefore, they are having to play Apsar Patel and Ravindra Jadeja together.

18:13Now, that obviously means that they cannot play another specialist bowler.

18:17Be it Siraj or be it Rahel.

18:19They have played Kuldeep.

18:21Now, how does that change? I don't know.

18:24Because you need that batting depth.

18:26Australia has that batting depth.

18:28You can't help it.

18:29I mean, it's their Australia's luck, it's Australia's talent.

18:33When they were a dominant side in the past, even they used to have Brett Lee.

18:37Brett Lee used to be a really good batter.

18:39Used to be a decent batter down the order.

18:41Shane Wall used to be a decent batter down the order.

18:44India has not had that quality of players.

18:47Ravichandran Ashwin.

18:48But Ravichandran Ashwin does not play limited overs cricket very much.

18:51So, they are having to play Apsar Patel.

18:53Can you do without Apsar Patel and Jadeja?

18:59I don't think so.

19:00I think you need that extra batting cover at number 8.

19:03I would love to see an extra more attacking option there.

19:09But if your batting ends at number 7, that is a little bit of a…

19:17On these kind of pitches, not very good.

19:22Even England has got their bowlers can bat down the order.

19:28The bowlers are better batters compared to what Indians have.

19:32It's about culture, actually.

19:36It's about culture.

19:38Risk is always there.

19:40But we are starting to believe in that culture.

19:43Avinash, this man called Varun Chakraborty.

19:46He plays for KKR.

19:48And it was made clear to him at the very onset that you are a good bowler.

19:54You have to bat well also.

19:55So, if you are a good batter, you have to bowl well also.

19:58That kind of thing.

19:59But I think Rohit and Virat are the last of the Mohicans.

20:03Because this game is so all-rounder-tilted, as Shakya was saying.

20:07Even Arshtey was not…

20:10He was very lucky with the wicket-taking ability, I think.

20:13He is a man with a golden arm, the way he thinks.

20:15Last match, he took 4.

20:17This match, 3.

20:18So, he is sort of…

20:19He is a little expensive, touch expensive.

20:21But first of all, went for 13 odd runs or something.

20:24But Arshtey also needs to bat.

20:27And how do we…

20:28I mean, we are already talking about it within the team.

20:32How long do you think it will take us to go there, to reach that level where our batters are doing well also?

20:38I mean, bowlers are also batting well.

20:40And batters are bowling.

20:41That sort of culture.

20:43It will take time, Dada.

20:46It's not easy.

20:47I mean, the primary job…

20:48If you look at the domestic circuit, what's the primary job of a batter or a bowler?

20:52I mean, just look at the way things are in Indian cricket as of now.

20:57Batters are not bowling.

20:58So, why should a bowler be taking an extra…

21:01Making the extra effort of batting?

21:04I mean, his frontline job is to bowl.

21:07He is not an all-rounder.

21:08I mean, if he is an all-rounder, it's okay.

21:10And generally, you cannot expect…

21:12I mean, the culture is not there in Indian cricket, the domestic circuit or in the grassroot level.

21:19You will have to inculcate that culture.

21:23It might again take a time of, say, another 5-8 years to bring in that feeling into the players.

21:32Or the young and budding players.

21:34That they should also take their batting or other aspects of the game seriously.

21:40They should be good fielders.

21:41They should be good throwers.

21:44Whether they are in the 30-yard circle or the boundary ropes.

21:49Everything.

21:50Gradually, I think IPL will have to play a bigger role in this department.

21:56Because players generally, nowadays, are thinking…

22:00Okay, this is going to help me get a better IPL contract.

22:04If I have a certain batting.

22:07Also, figures are associated alongside my bowling numbers.

22:12So, definitely, that is where the culture needs to shift.

22:17And it will take some time.

22:19But you cannot just ask Varun Chakraborty, who is a brilliant bowler, to just come and bowl.

22:27Because Virat Kohli and Virat Chakraborty are not holding their arms.

22:30They have been told. I mean, Varun has been told like that.

22:34But thing is, impact rules.

22:37Whatever impact rules they have.

22:39Impact player rules, they will have to get rid of that.

22:43For us to get more all-round…

22:45Can I come in?

22:46Yeah, yeah. Please, go ahead.

22:47If I might come in, if you look at Australia or if you looked at the England side at some point of time.

22:53You know, if you look at Brett Lee or Mitchell Johnson or Stark and Cummins.

22:58They did not get into the team because of their ability to bat.

23:02They got into the team primarily as bowlers.

23:05Okay, alright. Yes.

23:07Bat is an additional thing.

23:09So, the story is very simple.

23:11If you want an ICC tournament, you need good all-rounders.

23:14You have seen it in 1983.

23:17We have seen it in 2007.

23:18We have seen it in 2011.

23:20Without an all-rounder, we don't have a standing anywhere.

23:23Really.

23:24And on that note, thanks Avinash and Shakya for coming and throwing light.

23:29And hopefully, we will see some all-round abilities.

23:32Helping our team to go all the way and win this trophy.

23:35The ongoing T20 World Cup.

23:38Thanks for watching and keep enjoying cricket.

23:41Thanks.

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