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Mohammad Rizwan ( Image Credit: Twitter)
During the 20-20 World Cup 2021, Pakistan scripted history as they went on to beat India by 10 wickets in their opening fixture of the tournament. It was their first victory against their arch-rivals in a world event game. After winning the toss and electing to bowl first, the Azam-led side got three wickets inside the first six overs.
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However, a superb half-century skipper Virat Kohli propelled the Men in Blue to 151. During the second innings, Pakistan's openers were absolutely sensational and chased the total without even breaking a sweat. Mohammad Rizwan was the chief architect of the chase with an unbeaten 79 off 55 deliveries.
The keeper-batter recently went on to speak about that match. Rizwan narrated a humorous incident that occurred during the game between him and Virat Kohli. “Some things are part of tactics. No doubt Virat Kohli is the world’s No. 1. When we play cricket, it’s like family. I remember when we took the review against Pant when he played the reverse sweep, Kohli then said… ‘what are you doing? Getting everyone out inside 10 overs?’” Mohammad Rizwan told Paktv.tv
“But like I said, these are tactics. Later, when I walked out to bat, I spoke to him then too. Rest, whatever chats took place inside the change room, I can’t disclose but I can say that he’s a very nice person,” he added.
2021 turned out to be a great year for Rizwan as he was scoring runs for fun. The 29-year-old scored 1915 runs last year across all formats of the game. Rizwan further revealed that he used to idolise Sachin Tendulkar growing up, adding that he he has learned a lot from AB de Villiers, Misbah ul Haq, Shoaib Malik and Mohammad Hafeez as well.
“I am only focussed on improving my game. Initially, I used to idolize (Sachin) Tendulkar and then AB de Villiers, but it’s not like I would like to copy them. Yes, I have learnt a lot of things watching them play. As far as learning from Pakistani legends is concerned, I have picked certain things from Misbah-ul-Haq, (Shoaib)Malik, (Mohammad) Hafeez and others,” he said.