Afghanistan’s Rahmanullah Gurbaz revealed he has been taking batting tips from Virat Kohli and MS Dhoni with an aim to improve his batting. The wicketkeeper-batter didn’t had a good outing with the bat in the first two T20Is against India but came all guns blazing in the third in Bengaluru. Chasing 212, Gurbaz fired all cylinders from the word go, reaching his fifty in just 32 balls.
Although Afghanistan lost the game via second Super Over, Gurbaz chose to take the positives from the game. The Afghanistan opener got help from Kohli and Dhoni during his time in the in Indian Premier League. He met the former India skipper during the ODI World Cup last year and during the T20I series that concluded recently.
Speaking to ANI, Gurbaz said, “I always talked to Virat and MS Dhoni about how to improve my cricket. I have a lot of things in my mind and I have to work on it. I was talking to Virat (bhai) about my cricket journey and how I should grow, and reach the next level.”
Unfortunately for the Afghans, despite the best efforts of Gurbaz and Gulbadin Naib, the visitors would end up losing the encounter after not one but two Super Overs.
“It was a good learning for us. This kind of game can happen. We also enjoyed the game and learned a lot from it. Playing against players like Virat and Rohit Sharma gave us a lot of confidence and learning. I hope we get a lot of series against India in future,” Gurbaz exclaimed.
