Pakistan opener Mohammad Rizwan made an honest remark about Virat Kohli after his match-winning knock in the second T20 clash against Ireland in the three-match T20 series. Rizwan played a scintillating unbeaten inning of 75 off just 46 balls which helped him secure his 12th Man of the Match award in T20Is.
The guests had a disastrous start to their run chase of 193 posted by the Irish team after losing their opener Saim Ayub and skipper Babar Azam in the first two overs. However, Rizwan joined hands with Fakhar Zaman and notched a sensational 140-run partnership against the hosts to take their team home. As the latter was dismissed for 78 runs off 40 deliveries, Azam Khan took charge to give the finishing touches to the team’s innings 30 runs off just 10 balls.
In the post-match conference, Rizwan was asked about being the only player alongside Indian legend Virat Kohli to average 50+ in the shortest format of the game. The former had an industrious reply to the question as he said he had learned quite a lot from the Indian batter.
“If you look at the average, you are an average player. If you look at the conditions and what game demands that will make you better. We have learned a lot of things from Virat Kohli, I respect him…,” Rizwan stated.
