We Feel Confident When Virat Kohli is Batting: Ishant Sharma

We Feel Confident When Virat Kohli is Batting: Ishant Sharma

Perth: Indian pacer Ishant Sharma on Saturday lauded the batting effort by Cheteshwar Pujara, skipper Virat Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane, who batted sensibly against Australia to put the visiting side in a strong position. Ishant Sharma, who returned with impressive figures of 4/41, was elated with his team's performance and praising his skipper said: "We feel pretty confident when he's (Kohli) batting at the crease. We felt good and finished the day in a strong position."

"They (Kohli and Rahane) both will continue [tomorrow]. Right now, I can say that the game is equally [poised]. Tomorrow, hopefully, we'll win the first session and then turn the game in our favour," the pacer was quoted as saying by the ICC's website.

"The quick 20-30 runs Ajinkya got us was crucial. If we had been defensive at that stage, we would have allowed them to stick to their plans. The counter-attack was very good for Jinx and the team. Consequently, they had to change their plans and switch to something else," Ishant further explained. IANS

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