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New Delhi: With questions being raised over MS Dhoni place in the team, spinner Yuzvendra Chahal has said that the former captain reads the situation very well on the field and helps in planning.
“Our coaching staff has really helped (in attacking middle-stump). On the field, Mahi bhai (Dhoni) reads the situation very well, so he tells how to plan,” Chahal was quoted as saying by Hindustan Times.
The leg-spinner also said that captain Virat Kohli has shown faith in him and wants the leggie to keep on attacking. “Virat bhai has always told me that even if I concede runs if I get him a couple of wickets in the middle overs, he won’t mind. In T20s, he told me if I go for 35 runs in 4 overs but pick two or three wickets, he will be happy,” Chahal said.
“However, in the last T20 at Trivandrum, in my second over, the plan was (to restrict) not to go for wickets because if I attacked, I would have had to flight the ball and either I would have got a wicket or got hit for a six,” he added.
Chahal also admitted that Axar Patel’s ability to contain helps him or Kuldeep Yadav to go for wickets. “Axar, although he is not a great turner of the ball, contains runs. Then I and Kuldeep can take our chances,” the leg-spinner said.
Chahal, who played all the matches against New Zealand, impresses one and all during the series. The leg-spinner picked four wickets in three ODIs and three wickets from as many T20Is.
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