{"id":3713,"date":"2023-08-30T06:15:43","date_gmt":"2023-08-30T06:15:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/totalcric.com\/?p=3713"},"modified":"2023-08-30T06:16:23","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T06:16:23","slug":"salman-butt-virat-kohli-and-rohit-sharma-indias","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/totalcric.com\/salman-butt-virat-kohli-and-rohit-sharma-indias\/","title":{"rendered":"Asia Cup 2023: Apart from Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma India\u2019s batting is weak, says Salman Butt"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Former Pakistan skipper Salman Butt says India will be under immense pressure if they lose Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli early.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Former Pakistan captain Salman Butt has pointed out that&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/sports\/cricket\/if-you-ask-me-asia-cup-shouldve-only-be-played-in-pakistan-babar-azam-8915180\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>India\u2019s batting line-up<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;is quite \u201cbrittle\u201d barring Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, and if they lose these two batters early in the match, they would be under immense pressure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cApart from&nbsp;<a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/about\/virat-kohli\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Virat Kohli<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/about\/rohit-sharma\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rohit Sharma<\/a>, they have youngsters, who have played plenty of cricket but don\u2019t have that much experience,\u201d Butt said on his YouTube channel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIndia have won matches only when&nbsp;<a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/about\/rohit-sharma\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rohit Sharma<\/a>&nbsp;has played well or&nbsp;<a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/about\/virat-kohli\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Virat Kohli<\/a>&nbsp;has done something spectacular. When the onus is on others, they have mostly struggled.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-container\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Action in the nets \ud83d\udd25<br><br>Ready for game day tomorrow \ud83c\udfcf<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AsiaCup2023?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#AsiaCup2023<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ypXGDEcPSb\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/ypXGDEcPSb<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheRealPCB\/status\/1696599380302893315?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">August 29, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Butt also argued that the Babar Azam-led side will have an upper hand given the fact that they have a larger core group than India.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u201cPakistan has Babar, Rizwan, Fakhar, Shadab, Shaheen, and Haris Rauf. And in my opinion, Pakistan has a much larger core group,\u201d he said.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u201cIndia too has match-winners like Jadeja, Shami, Bumrah,&nbsp;<a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/about\/rohit-sharma\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rohit Sharma<\/a>,&nbsp;<a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/about\/virat-kohli\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Virat Kohli<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-container\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Prep mode \ud83d\udd1b<br><br>Energy levels high \ud83d\udcaa<br><br>Getting into the groove in Alur \ud83d\udc4c<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TeamIndia?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#TeamIndia<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AsiaCup2023?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#AsiaCup2023<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rHBZzbf4WT\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/rHBZzbf4WT<\/a><\/p>&mdash; BCCI (@BCCI) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BCCI\/status\/1696408169130676648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">August 29, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBut their batting is weak, if Pakistan picks up the two big wickets, then the others will have a lot to prove. They have not helped India win matches against Pakistan or in their own.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Taking a pot shot at the Indian Premier League (IPL), Salman Butt said the Indian team will be under immense pressure considering the amount of expectations from them.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/totalcric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Untitled-design-70-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3718\" srcset=\"https:\/\/totalcric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Untitled-design-70-1024x683-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/totalcric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Untitled-design-70-1024x683-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/totalcric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Untitled-design-70-1024x683-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/totalcric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Untitled-design-70-1024x683-1-310x207.jpg 310w, https:\/\/totalcric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Untitled-design-70-1024x683-1-60x40.jpg 60w, https:\/\/totalcric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Untitled-design-70-1024x683-1-360x240.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Also Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/totalcric.com\/rohit-sharma-said-in-next-two-and-three-months\/\"><strong>In next two months, I want to create memories with this team: Rohit Sharma<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere are plenty of expectations from India, hence, the pressure is higher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAnd since India have not played against Pakistan for a long time for whatever reasons, their players, no matter how much IPL they\u2019ve played, don\u2019t have the experience of playing in such a high-voltage clash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<em>Chahe subah, dopahar, sham IPL khel le<\/em>&nbsp;(no matter how much you play in the IPL), it does not bring the same pressure, which is during the India-Pakistan series,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>India will take on Pakistan in a high-voltage clash on September 2.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Pakistan skipper Salman Butt says India will be under immense pressure if they lose Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli early. 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