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India’s Stellar Batting Duos

Ayaz Memon traces the exceptional on-field chemistry of 6 batting duos in Indian
cricket

Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have been wickets, India looked down for the count,
the flavour of the country with their pivotal but Virat steadied the ship with resolve
contributions in India’s memorable T20 and resourcefulness, his performance
World Cup triumph. subscribing to the old cliché, ‘when the
Rohit set the tempo with this bionic batting going gets tough, the tough get going’!
as opener as well as superb captaincy, The fantastic exploits of Rohit and Virat
especially in how he handled his bowlers, over the years puts them alongside some
getting the best out of them in pressure- stellar batting duos from India who played
cooker situations. In the final against South together.
Africa, his captaincy. Effecting smart Here are other pairs whose contribution to
bowling changes and setting attacking Indian cricket has been stellar.
fields in the taut final 5 overs, he turned the
match around from a losing cause into a
title-winning one.
Virat, who had had an undistinguished
tournament till the final, showed why he
is regarded as the best all-format batsman
in contemporary cricket, making a vital
76 to help India make a score which the
bowlers could defend. Losing three early Right hand side image – Vijay Hazare
Image courtesy: cricmash.com

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