Pakistan wicketkeeper-batter Mohammad Rizwan is spending some good time on the County Championship taking part in for Sussex. He is sharing the dressing room with Indian Test stalwart Cheteshwar Pujara who has been in an impeccable run on the English soil. The latter has been one of the crucial constant performers for the aspect. He has scored 717 runs in 4 matches and is at present the second-highest run-getter within the season.

The camaraderie between Pujara and Rizwan has turn into a matter of curiosity among the many Indian and Pakistan followers. During a sport in opposition to Durham, the duo stitched a commendable 154-run partnership. While Pujara scored a double hundred, Rizwan performed a 79-run knock off 145 balls.

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In a current dialog with Cricwick, Rizwan opened up about his conversations with Pujara. The former said that he went to take a couple of items of recommendation from the Indian batter after having a poor begin to his county stint. Before that includes within the stable partnership with Pujara, the Pakistan cricketer had scores of twenty-two, 0, and 4 in three innings.

“With Pujara, I had a chat with him after I got out early. He told me a few things and one of them was to play close to the body. And as everyone knows, we have been playing white-ball cricket consistently over the past few years and play a bit away from our body. In white-ball, you don’t play very close to your body since the ball doesn’t swing or seam as much,” Rizwan advised Cricwick.

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“So early on here, I played away from my body and got out twice in a similar way. Then I went over to meet him in the nets and I remember him saying that when we play in Asia, we force the ball to play the drive. Here, we don’t need to do that. And we need to play close to the body. I have played white-ball cricket consistently. So, these are the things which he told me and whatever he learned from me, he can tell [laughs],” he added.

Sussex will now face Leicestershire of their subsequent fixture on Thursday.

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