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I enjoy responsibility: Khaleel Ahmed

Young pacer Khaleel Ahmed, who convinced his skipper to hand him the new ball in the second Twenty20 against the West Indies, says... Read More
LUCKNOW: Young pacer Khaleel Ahmed, who convinced his skipper to hand him the new ball in the second Twenty20 against the West Indies, says he thrives on responsibility and never lets pressure affect his performance.


Khaleel pegged the West Indies back with two early wickets and according to India's stand-in captain Rohit Sharma it was the 20-year-old who insisted on bowling with the new ball along with seasoned Bhuvneshwar Kumar.

The bowler from Tonk, Rajasthan dismissed both the openers -- Shai Hope and Shimron Hetmyer -- to unsettle the West Indies chase.

"I had more responsibility today as I was bowling with the new ball. I enjoy the responsibility a lot. When I was young, I always dreamt of playing for India and now I have achieved that. If I feel pressure now I can't perform to my potential," Khaleel said at the post-match press conference after India's 71-run win.

"My only aim is to do well for India and for that I need to enjoy my game. I am confident of my abilities. If you enjoy your game, hunger to do well will also increase."

Khaleel had grabbed the headlines during the Asia Cup, but his time of reckoning came in the ODI series against the West Indies where he finished as the third-highest wicket-taker with seven wickets in four matches.

The 20-year, who played for Sunrisers Hyderabad in the last edition of the Indian Premier League, was behind spinners Ravindra Jadeja and Kuldeep Yadav in the list.
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Khaleel credits his instant success to the experience he had gathered while sharing the dressing room with big international stars during the IPL.

"Playing in the IPL gives one a lot of experience when you come into the Indian team. You don't have to make too many changes to your game because you already have shared the dressing room with international players,” he said.

"When you come into the Indian team, by then you had already learned professionalism and know how to correct your mistakes. The IPL is of big help."
Top Comment
Mr India
1964 days ago
Without Subman Gill India will not win 2019 World Cup. Most of the Indian Batsman leaving Rohit, Kholi and Raydu hardly can adapt to English condition. To At least be consistent we need Player like Shubman Gill. He is ready with all the skill set. He know to build innings and to carry. His skill set is way superior than most of the Paper Tigers. Most of our Batsman will score runs in subcontinental condition. In English condition we will see some batting collapse. We need Player like Subman to finish the Job. Before we had Yuvaraj,Raina and Dhoni. Yes, we still have Dhoni ...But He is not that finisher. ...We need to get Subman and Shaw Match ready. Our selectors, captain and Shastri is clueless and don’t have that Vision RohitShaw / Pant ( Shaw for stability, Pant for aggression) KholiRayduShubmanDhoniJadejaBuvi / HardikKuldeepKhaleelBumra........... Captain like Saurav and Imran knows to find the talent. With out Saurav...We don''''t have Dhoni, Veeru ...Now if we don’t give opportunity to Subman ...That will be the biggest mistake. Subman can play very well in overseas condition and He can handle quality attack at ease. Our Batting need players who can give consistency especially in English wicket. Time to take bold move...Pant is not Dhoni and He will not be good handling pressure situation. If you want to Play Pant. You can Only Pay him as Opener in place of Shaw. If You want consistency you will play Shaw and Since Dhoni will be playing word cup we cannot effort to put pant in the middle order. It will be costly mistake. Only person who can replace Dhoni will be Dinesh Karthik ( keeping Skills and Match winning ability)
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