My body is feeling pretty good: India pacer Harshal Patel speaks ahead of India's 2nd T20I against South Africa
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India pacer Harshal Patel has said his body is feeling pretty good ahead of India's 2nd T20I against South Africa. The 31-year-old will be featuring for India as the hosts look to seal the series with a win in Guwahati.
India pacer Harshal Patel has said his body is feeling pretty good ahead of India's 2nd T20I against South Africa. The 31-year-old will be featuring for India as the hosts look to seal the series with a win in Guwahati.
India won the first match of the series by eight wickets, thanks to an immense performance by Arshdeep Singh and Deepak Chahar in the powerplay. Arshdeep Singh was adjudged man of the match for his three-wicket haul.
Speaking ahead of the second T20I, Patel said his body was feeling pretty good and the last few games helped him get back in rhythm.
"The body is feeling pretty good. The last 3-4 games have helped me get back into rhythm. The seam-up deliveries are hitting 140ks and I am thinking clearly," said Patel.
The 31-year-old said the best way to attack on such pitches was to hit the right lengths in the correct channels.
"The best way to attack on pitches like the last one (in Trivandrum) was to hit the right lengths in the right channel. You don't need to do anything else and just have to keep it simple. In terms of execution, we didn't try out a lot of plans in the last game because the game didn't go down to the wire," Patel added.
Finally, Patel said he expects South Africa to come back hard after being dominated by India in the first meeting.
