Attacking captain makes me more attacking: Chahal

TIL Desk Sports/ Indian leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal feels that playing under an aggressive captain like Virat Kohli brought the best out of him and made him more attacking.

“Wrist spinners are mostly attacking but when your captain is so attacking, you get freedom to attack more,” Chahal told reporters after India beat Australia by 26 runs under Duckworth Lewis method in the first ODI here last night. “But sometimes, we also have to take a step back and you change your plans,” he added.

Chahal, who took three wickets for 30 to be one of the architects of India’s win, said having left-arm wrist spinner Kuldeep Yadav at the other end made things easy for him and both of them made plans according to the game situation when they bowled in tandem.

“We (both him and Kuldeep) go by the situation and since both of us are attacking bowlers, we go for wickets. Depending on the match situation, we look at things. If he bowls first, I tell him where the ball is spinning from and how we can get him out,” said the 27-year-old player.