Having served because the South Zone captain which misplaced the Duleep Trophy ultimate to West Zone within the earlier version, Hanuma Vihari entered this fixture with some extent to show.
Vihari pulled out all of the stops to make sure that South Zone prevailed on this rematch.
“It is nice to get one back against West Zone. They dominated us last year, although we got the first innings lead. We again got the innings lead in this match, so I reminded the boys of what happened last year,” Vihari stated.
Vihari has all of the qualities of being a pure chief. The skilled batter excelled in ways, recreation consciousness and man administration.
“I loved it (captaincy). If you have a good bowling attack then the captaincy pressure comes down,” the genial Vihari stated.
The 29-year-old defined that he prefers the zonal staff system used for this event, reasonably than the India Red, India Blue and India Green sides which competed from 2016 to 2020.
“The quality of cricket in this year’s Duleep Trophy was really good. I’m not just saying this because we won the tournament (laughs). When it was India Blue or India Green, the players went through the motions. Once it came back to the zonal format, the competitiveness went up. It hope it remains the same,” Vihari stated.
The choice to incorporate V. Koushik within the eleven for the ultimate proved to be a masterstroke, because the Karnataka pacer picked up 4 essential wickets within the second essay.
“The reason why I picked Koushik ahead of (K.V.) Sasikanth is because there was a bit of a lack of discipline in the semifinal. We needed a bowler who could contain the runs and pick wickets at the same time.
Koushik knows the conditions here well. I believed that picking him will give us control,” Vihari stated.
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com