‘Told me…to bowl at…’: Himanshu Sangwan shares how everyone believed he will dismiss Indian star

Himanshu Sangwan stated that he believed his strengths rather than focusing on the batter's weakness, adding that even the bus driver told him how to dismiss Virat Kohli.

Railways pacer Himanshu Sangwan’s life completely turned around as he dismissed Virat Kohli, who had made his return to Ranji Trophy after more than a decade. Sangwan sent the off-stump flying, and caused Kohli’s fans to leave Arun Jaitley Stadium.

A few days after the dismissal, Sangwan opened up and revealed that everyone believed that he would get Kohli out. Sangwan even said that the team’s bus driver advised him to bowl at the fourth-fifth stump line.

“Before the match, there were talks about Virat Kohli and Rishabh Pant going to play for Delhi. At the time, we didn’t know that the match would be aired live. We slowly learned that Rishabh Pant wouldn’t play, but Virat would, and the match would be streamed live. I am leading the Railways’ pace attack. Every team member told me that they thought I would dismiss Virat Kohli,” Sangwan said.

“The bus in which we were travelling, even the bus driver told me that you know that you need to bowl at the fourth-fifth stump line to Virat Kohli, and then he will get out. I had self-belief. I just wanted to focus on my own strengths rather than someone else’s weaknesses. I bowled to my strengths and ended up getting the wicket,” he added.

The star batter than praised Sangwan for bowling him through the gap between the bat and the pad. However, Sangwan stated that he had not made a specific plan for Virat Kohli.

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