IPL 2017: I Was Not Intimidated By Chris Gayle, Virat Kohli: Nathu Singh

May 4, 2017 at 1:20 PM

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IPL 2017: I Was Not Intimidated By Chris Gayle, Virat Kohli: Nathu Singh

The prospect of bowling against the likes of Chris Gayle and Virat Kohli can unnerve the best of the bowlers in the world let alone a newbie who is still trying to find his feet at the highest stage of the game. However, Gujarat Lions fast-bowler Nathu Singh is an exception. The 21-year old right-arm pacer opened the bowling for the Lions at the Chinnaswamy Stadium on April 27 and bowled a tight line, conceding just eight runs from his 2 overs which put pressure on Gayle and Kohli.

Both the batsmen soon capitulated under the pressure as Basil Thampi dismissed Kohli for 10 while Gayle was snapped up by Andrew Tye for 8. The hosts never recovered from those early setbacks and were all for 134 in the allotted 20 overs. In reply, the Lions rode on Aaron Finch’s whirlwind 34-ball 72 runs knock to chase down the total inside 14 overs

“When I was bowling, I did not have any pressure. I was just trying to concentrate on bowling the right areas. I did not want to think that it was Gayle and Kohli batting in front of me,” he told the Hindustan Times.

The Rajasthan pacer further thanked his skipper Suresh Raina for showing the faith in him and handing him the ball to bowl the first over.

‘I want to say thank you to Raina that he gave me the first over. I was nervous when I was about to bowl the first over in the match against RCB but he gave me the confidence,” Nathu said.

The ongoing season has seen the Lions relying heavily on uncapped Indian bowlers with the likes of  Nathu Singh, Basil Thampi, Shubham Agarwal and Pradeep Sangwan shouldering the bowling responsibilities. And Thampi has been nothing short of a revelation for them. The right-arm pacer, who has caught everyone’s attention with his fast yorkers and slower balls, has taken eight wickets from nine games so far.

Thampi is likely to spearhead the Lions’ pace attack for the remainder of the tournament and Nathu said he is relishing the prospect of bowling alongside the Kerela bowler.

“I get plenty of confidence when I am bowling with Basil Thampi. When we were in Pune with the Indian team the last time, we bowled together. He is determined to improve his performance every single time and that motivates me to do well as well,” Nathu said.

Gujarat Lions’ next match is against Delhi Daredevils on Thursday (May 4) as they would be looking to keep alive their hopes of making it to the playoffs.

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