Avesh Khan credits Rahul Dravid for his outstanding spell

Team India registered a convincing win over South Africa in the fourth match. And, with this, they registered a second successive win after losing the first two games and equalled the series 2-2 in the five-match T20I series. However, the team management had the opportunity to bring the change in the playing XI, they decided to back their players and they stood up on both occasions.

However, Avesh Khan was one of them. The young speedster registered the figures of 0/35, 0/17 and 0/35 in the first three T20Is, before claiming 4 for 18 in a massive 82-run win for India in the fourth T20I. And, after the win, he gave all the credit to the head coach, Rahul Dravid while speaking to the media in his post-match press conference.

"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. 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," Avesh Khan said.

He continued, "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."

However, Avesh Khan has also revealed that he wasn't looking to bowl off-pace on a pitch that "wasn't easy" for the batters to bat on that. Instead, he bowled at the hard length, a decision he thought to take after a mid-match discussion with the India 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," Avesh Khan said. "I spoke to Ishan (Kishan) today and he said that hard length balls aren't easy to play; some are bouncing, some are stopping and the others are keeping low. Then I planned to attack the stumps and bowl the hard lengths consistently. It's in my hands to bowl well, not pick wickets.”

He also stated the slower balls weren’t effective much but he praised the way veteran keeper-batter Dinesh Karthik and Hardik Pandya played. He also believed 170 was a good total to win a match as well.

"The slower ball wasn't very effective on today's wicket, so I tried to bowl hard lengths with the occasional bouncer to change things up. Today's wicket wasn't easy for batters, it was two-paced although DK bhai, Hardik and Rishabh all played well. 170 was a very good total on this wicket and all we wanted to ensure was pick a couple of wickets in the powerplay," Avesh Khan signed off.