Virat Kohli is the winning formula for men in blue: Mohammad Amir
Virat Kohli is the winning formula for men in blue: Mohammad Amir
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Pakistan pace bowling attack Mohammad Amir might have stolen the show in the final of the 2017 Champions Trophy in England, derailing the Indian top-order, but the Pakistan pacer has revealed that he had almost lost hope of Pakistan winning the game after India skipper Virat Kohli was dropped. During the group league match between India and Pakistan, Azhar Ali had dropped Virat Kohli off the third ball of the third over when the India captain slashed at one outside the off-stump, only for Azhar to drop a dolly.

But Amir did not let frustration get the better of him and came back to dismiss Kohli off the very next ball, this time caught by Sahdab Khan at point of a leading edge. And the pacer says that his heart was in his mouth when Azhar Ali who dropped Kohli earlier in the game which cause the match for them. If you look at his chasing ratio, he is at the top of the world. He chases well, he performs well under pressure. So our plan was to get their top order Sharma, Kohli, Dhawan the guys who were scoring the runs in the tournament. My plan was that I didn’t want to save runs, I wanted to take wickets. If we could get one or two from the top, we could win the match. My plan in the first spell was that even if I gave away 35-40 runs in the first five but took two wickets, then we were in the game. So the target was to get these two or three guys out,” 

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