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Former India cricketer compares Imam ul Haq with Rohit Sharma in ODI cricket

CricketFormer India cricketer compares Imam ul Haq with Rohit Sharma in ODI cricket
Imam ul Haq and Rohit Sharma. Pic Twitter

Srinagar, July 19: Former Indian cricketer turned expert Deep Dasgupta has compared Pakistan opening batsman with India’s star opening batsman Rohit Sharma.

Deep Dasgupta said this while interviewing Imam on ESPNCricinfo, that there are similarities in both the openers in terms of building the innings.

“The way you build your innings is similar to Rohit. Your strike rate is slightly low in the powerplay compared to middle overs but you play long innings,” Dasgupta told Imam in the interview.

“If an opener has five not-outs in 37 innings, it tells that even though he starts slow but he play long,” he added.

Reacting on this, Imam said that he has to adjust according to the different situations and play his role given by the team management.

“I open with Fakhar Zaman in ODI cricket and his way of batting is completely different than me. In this case, between me and Babar Azam, one has to bat for 40 overs,” he revealed.

“For the last two years, we have followed this pattern in ODI cricket. The stats also show that either Babar or I have played till the end, we have ended up scoring 300+,” Imam maintained.

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