T20 has never been his strong suit. He did well yesterday, but let's dissect that a bit. 25 off 20 is decent and he batted smartly and most importantly looked like he belonged there, but SL haven't seen him yet and there's no footage on him.
Pretty sure the clearing to leg they've picked up and if he does that every time he's not going to find it so easy. He was taking it off the stumps and punching off the back foot thru the offside and did it damned well, but they kept feeding him. The answer to that is to follow him or bowl it wider and fuller or just fuller, which they're going to do this time around, they wont let him settle into that again. I'm sure he'll know that and hopefully have some answers. He just mustn't be too predictable with his foot movements. A big trigger outside off once in a while would get the bowlers thinking. He's got a good pull shot as well.
They'll be back in time for the franchise T20 and hopefully he bats up the order and gets some time in the middle.
My question mark is why you'd put a guy you haven't seen much of at 3 in a must win game. He didn't get pushed down the order because we lost an early wicket and needed to consolidate. In the Zim u25's they had him at 7 or 8, but in the national side they try him at 3.
This is what we're dealing with here. Nobody questions those coaches as to what theyre thinking, theyre no amswerable. He might find himself opening, or keeping or batting at 11 at some point.
