Hazlewood and Bhuvneshwar have already made an impact in the final happening in front of a packed crowd at the Narendra Modi Stadium by taking out Shubman Gill and B Sai Sudharsan in the power-play.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cA little bit, I must say (on a different feeling coming into the final. When you have people like Hoff (Hazlewood), who\u2019s been part of many a trophy, and he has this habit of winning big games, and he knows what it takes to win a big game, there\u2019s a sense of calmness, actually, when we have those bowling meetings,\u201d said Karthik in a chat with the broadcasters at the half-way mark of the first innings.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Karthik was very effusive in his praise of the two and talismanic batter Kohli. \u201cThat\u2019s so important, and I\u2019m talking about Hoff here because he\u2019s a big influence on the bowling group. Bhuvi, who\u2019s won a few titles, and Virat Kohli, as we know. So these are three important names there who have won titles and know what it takes to win a big game.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cA little bit, I must say (on a different feeling coming into the final. When you have people like Hoff (Hazlewood), who\u2019s been part of many a trophy, and he has this habit of winning big games, and he knows what it takes to win a big game, there\u2019s a sense of calmness, actually, when we have those bowling meetings,\u201d said Karthik in a chat with the broadcasters at the half-way mark of the first innings.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cI think so because we set a mindset of trying to be attacking champions. We wanted to keep pushing towards a second title. One thing that we refrained from using was language around defending our title. Instead, we spoke about trying to win a second title. That\u2019s what we\u2019ve constantly spoken about, and I think that\u2019s made a big difference.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n