Rajkot:India pacer Avesh Khan felt the pressure after going wicket-less in the first three games but said head coach Rahul Dravid's faith in him pushed him to come up with a match-winning performance in the fourth T20I. Avesh relied on the hard lengths to end up with career-best figures of four for 18 in his young international career.
Despite losses in the first two games, India did not change the playing eleven. "The team hasn't changed over four games, so credit to Rahul (Dravid) sir. He gives chances to everybody and intends to give them a long enough run," Avesh said at the media interaction on Friday night.
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"He doesn't drop a player after one or two bad performances because you cannot judge a player on the basis of one or two games. Everyone is getting enough matches to prove themselves. "Yes, there was pressure on me. I had zero wickets in three games but Rahul sir and the team management gave me another opportunity today and I ended up picking four wickets. It's also my papa's birthday, so it's a gift for him too."
The 25-year-old decided on his game plan to bowl on what was a tricky pitch after a chat with opener Ishan Kishan. "Whenever we are batting first, I always end up asking the batters how the wicket played, whether it was two-paced or not.