Arshdeep Singh credits Axar Patel and Ravi Bishnoi for series win, says he had nothing to lose in the final over | Cricket News

Ice-cool Arshdeep Singh held his nerves and defended nine runs in the final over to help India beat Australia six runs to win the final match of the series. India won the series 4-1. The left-arm pacer didn’t had a great series until that last over. After the first three games, where had leaked runs with an economy of more than ten runs per over. Arshdeep was dropped for the fourth match. If not for Deepak Chahar, who few home due to a family emergency, Arshdeep wouldn’t had played, but he proved his worth as he gave away just three runs in the final over.
“There was nothing going on in my mind, I just wanted to execute my plans. I had nothing to lose,” he told reporters after the match.

“I have had the word with Surya bhai as well and he said we will see whatever happens. I had nothing to lose, I can only win the match as I had already conceded so many runs,” he said.
Arshdeep bowled an excellent bouncer first up and then got the wicket of the Australia skipper to seal the win for India, which was followed a very unique celebration.
“The belief was there. I backed my strength and had a gut feel that I must bowl a bouncer first up. It put doubts in Wade’s mind and when we got his wicket, there was assurity that now we have won the match,” he said.
Arshdeep credited the spin duo of Ravi Bishnoi and Axar Patel for helping India won the series. Bishnoi was adjudged player of the series for his consent performance. The wr spinner picked up nine wickets in the series. He was ably backed Axar Patel, who bagged six scalps in five games.
Bishnoi would finish as the highest wicket-taker (9) and player of the series, but Axar came second (six), and conceded only 6.20 runs an over, as opposed to Bishnoi’s 8.20.
“Credit goes to the spinners. They have bowled really well throughtout the series. The first four matches were played on the batting friendly pitches but there also they have kept the economy rate under six and kept on taking the regular wickets. A lots of credit goes to Axar Patel and Ravi Bishnoi,” said Arshdeep.
Interestingly, Chinnaswamy Stadium, which is know for high-scoring matches has more help for the bowlers. From being the most expensive bowler on the night, Arshdeep Singh became the last-over action hero to steal a memorable he.
When asked was it a bowling trac? Arshdeep responded, “I guess in my first three overs, I didn’t feel like it was a bowling friendly track. But yes there was more help if you are bowling in the right areas. I bowled a lots of loose deliveries at the start but the other bowlers helped us made a good comeback.”
The 24-year-old, who got hit for a couple of sixes on full tosses as well as the wicket. He said: “Full tosses are like top edges. The batsman gets six from the top edge, they never practice it. When you get a wicket on full toss, it looks like a plan but when you get hit for a six on the saame, it became a lack of execution.”
Arsdheep lauded Suryakumar Yadav’s captaincy and said the he gave the freedom to the players.
“Last time when I heard Ravi’s captaincy he used the word that Surya bhai has given us a lot of free hand. I want to use the same thing about his captaincy.
“He has given us a lot of freedom to the batters and bowlers to express themselves. There was batter friendly wickets in the series, he just said when there are challenges there are opportunities as well. Don’t focus on results, stick to the process and force the batsmen to make runs on good balls.
“He never let that pressure come to us, there was no forced plan. he backed our plans in the middle and just added a little bit of inputs.”