IND vs NZ: Shoaib Akhtar’s fan clean bowled Virat Kohli, exposed Pune’s biggest weakness in the nets

Rahul Tiwari

khelja|24-10-2024

After losing the first test in Bengaluru, now there are expectations from Team India to win in the Pune test. For the Indian team to live up to this expectation, it becomes very important for Virat Kohli's bat to work. But is Virat really ready to play a big innings this time? There seems to be little hope after seeing what happened in the nets of Pune, where a net bowler named Nadeem Shaikh exposed his weakness. Clean bowled him. And, when asked, he told that he had already proved his mettle against Kohli. Meaning, he has been dismissed.

Shoaib Akhtar's 'fan' clean bowled Virat Kohli!

Now you must be wondering who is this Nadeem Shaikh? Nadeem Shaikh told that he is a fast bowler, who plays cricket from Solapur district in Maharashtra. In fast bowling, he follows Shoaib Akhtar, Brett Lee, Dale Steyn. Nadeem further said that he considers himself lucky that he got to bowl to Virat Kohli and he also took his wicket. Taking the wicket of Virat Kohli is the dream of bowlers all over the world. In such a situation, he is feeling very good.

What was the plan to dismiss Virat Kohli?

When Nadeem Sheikh was asked about his plan to dismiss Virat Kohli, he told that this is not the first time that he has bowled to the star batsman of Team India. Earlier, he had also bowled against him in CCI in Mumbai. Nadeem told that the plan was to bowl the ball on the off stump and give his best in it. He told that he stuck to his plan and finally got the wicket.

Nadeem told that when he bowled the ball at his feet, Virat played it well. But he got beaten many times on balls going outside the off stump. He told that during practice in Mumbai, he had dismissed him in the slips 3-4 times. Whereas in Pune he clean bowled Virat.

Virat's weakness exposed!

It is clear that Nadeem Sheikh has again exposed Virat Kohli's biggest weakness in the Pune nets. He has told that balls going out of off stump are Virat Kohli's problem. As far as Takandeem Shaikh's future plans are concerned, he wants to represent Maharashtra first. After that he wants to play for Team India. Nadeem Shaikh's favorite team in IPL is CSK.

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