Arshdeep Singh, who was playing only his second match in the ongoing Asia Cup tournament, was given the high pressure job of bowling the Super Over in the final Super 4 match against Sri Lanka on Friday. And the Punjab player delivered when it mattered the most when he restricted Sri Lanka to only 2 runs after sending back two of their batters, ending the Lankan innings with a balls to spare. Chasing just 3, India got to it in just one ball and won the match.
“My feeling was that…we got hit in the Power Play, but everyone chipped in later and took the game to Super Over. My plan in the Super Over was clear — bowl wide yorkers, and make them (SL batters) score on the off-side,” said Arshdeep in a video posted by BCCI.
Arshdeep is behind Jasprit Bumrah and Hardik Pandya in the India pacers’ pecking order due to the nature of the Dubai pitches and said that he keeps himself mentally ready for whenever he is called upon to perform.
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‘Mentally ready’
“I always try to keep myself mentally ready. Whenever you go to bed, you should feel that you have given your 100 percent. Whenever you are not playing you should give your 100 per cent off the field, hold the players who are playing, train well, work on your fitness,” he said.
“You just need to enjoy the present irrespective of the situation. Whenever my turn comes — contain the runs, build the pressure and take wickets. New ball, old ball, first innings or second innings, I just need to adapt to the situations. Fortunately, I got lot of good partners whether it’s Bhuvi (Bhuvneshwar Kumar) bhai, Shami bhai, Bumrah bhai or Hardik bhai. We just try to keep the pressure up. I need to thank all of them,” he added.
The pacer didn’t have the best of times initially against Sri Lanka with Pathum Nissanka and Kusal Perera smashing him around the park with the Punjab kings player conceding 26 runs off the two overs he bowled,
But the left-armer came back well and conceded just two runs in the Super Over, and also took the wickets of Perera and Dasun Shanaka. His plan worked to perfection as both Perera and Shanaka were caught at deep point (Rinku Singh) and deep backward point (Jitesh Sharma) as India emerged the winner in the Super Over after the scores were tied at 202 in the regulation time.
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