It was not an easy win Rohit
Jaipur Nov 17 PTI India captain Rohit Sharma on Wednesday admitted that the win against New Zealand in the first T20 International did not come easy in the end but said the players would learn from the experience India bungled towards end before recovering in time to fashion a five-wicket win over New Zealand in Rohits first match as T20I captain The home team was cantering to a comfortable win but messed up the chase in the final four overs before Rishabh Pant took India past the target of 165 It didnt come as easy as we expected so great learning for the guys to understand what needs to be done not about power-hitting all the time he said at the post-match presentation As a captain and a team happy that those guys finished the game off A good game for us missing a few players opportunity to other guys to show their ability Rohit said at one stage it looked like New Zealand would score 180-plus but a complete bowling performance did not let it happen He also lavished praised on player-of-the match Suryakumar Yadav for his 40-ball 62 Sky Suryakumar is a very important player for us in the middle plays spin well said Rohit who made 48 off 36 balls On his dismissal off the bowling of Mumbai Indians team-mate Trent Boult he said Trent Boult knows my weakness I know his strength When I am captaining him I always tell him to bluff and thats what he did Happy with the win first win always nice Suryakumar said he has not been doing anything different I try to bat the same way in the nets and replicate the same in the game I put a lot of pressure on myself in the nets if I get out I go into the dressing room and think what better I could have done He said the ball was coming on nicely to the bat but the pitch became a bit slow later on I am happy to be on the winning side On Boult dropping him he said Its my wifes birthday a perfect gift from him Senior spinner Ravichandran Ashwin said slower balls have more purchase from the pitch Its tricky how much you toss it up the windows for attacking are less in T20s Identifying the right pace took a bit of time for me he said Important to see the game in isolation 24 events balls the batsman is trying to play catch-up so execute your plans We thought it was par par-minus 170-175 was par at the halfway mark we thought we would cruise home said Ashwin who took two wickets for 23 runs On Rahul Dravid taking charge for his first international match Ashwin said Too early to comment we need to give him some breathing space Hes done the hard yards in Under-19 and A sides Nothing to chance about preparation leaving nothing to chance and bringing back the joy New Zealand captain Tim Southee said his side started badly with the ball but recovered later to take the match to the last over The way we started with the ball wasnt what we wanted did well to claw it back in the middle took it deep and to the last over was a positive Southee said You want to come out on the right side of close ones Mark Chapman the way he played was very pleasing but a game of fine margins Southee admitted the sloppy fielding by his side We set higher expectations so a bit off with the field been very very good at it in the last few matches Tough that wed used our resources but Daryl does his scouting and always wants to bowl We probably didnt leave him enough runs PTI PDS PDS KHS KHS
Jaipur Nov 17 PTI India captain Rohit Sharma on Wednesday admitted that the win against New Zealand in the first T20 International did not come easy in the end but said the players would learn from the experience India bungled towards end before recovering in time to fashion a five-wicket win over New Zealand in Rohits first match as T20I captain The home team was cantering to a comfortable win but messed up the chase in the final four overs before Rishabh Pant took India past the target of 165 It didnt come as easy as we expected so great learning for the guys to understand what needs to be done not about power-hitting all the time he said at the post-match presentation As a captain and a team happy that those guys finished the game off A good game for us missing a few players opportunity to other guys to show their ability Rohit said at one stage it looked like New Zealand would score 180-plus but a complete bowling performance did not let it happen He also lavished praised on player-of-the match Suryakumar Yadav for his 40-ball 62 Sky Suryakumar is a very important player for us in the middle plays spin well said Rohit who made 48 off 36 balls On his dismissal off the bowling of Mumbai Indians team-mate Trent Boult he said Trent Boult knows my weakness I know his strength When I am captaining him I always tell him to bluff and thats what he did Happy with the win first win always nice Suryakumar said he has not been doing anything different I try to bat the same way in the nets and replicate the same in the game I put a lot of pressure on myself in the nets if I get out I go into the dressing room and think what better I could have done He said the ball was coming on nicely to the bat but the pitch became a bit slow later on I am happy to be on the winning side On Boult dropping him he said Its my wifes birthday a perfect gift from him Senior spinner Ravichandran Ashwin said slower balls have more purchase from the pitch Its tricky how much you toss it up the windows for attacking are less in T20s Identifying the right pace took a bit of time for me he said Important to see the game in isolation 24 events balls the batsman is trying to play catch-up so execute your plans We thought it was par par-minus 170-175 was par at the halfway mark we thought we would cruise home said Ashwin who took two wickets for 23 runs On Rahul Dravid taking charge for his first international match Ashwin said Too early to comment we need to give him some breathing space Hes done the hard yards in Under-19 and A sides Nothing to chance about preparation leaving nothing to chance and bringing back the joy New Zealand captain Tim Southee said his side started badly with the ball but recovered later to take the match to the last over The way we started with the ball wasnt what we wanted did well to claw it back in the middle took it deep and to the last over was a positive Southee said You want to come out on the right side of close ones Mark Chapman the way he played was very pleasing but a game of fine margins Southee admitted the sloppy fielding by his side We set higher expectations so a bit off with the field been very very good at it in the last few matches Tough that wed used our resources but Daryl does his scouting and always wants to bowl We probably didnt leave him enough runs PTI PDS PDS KHS KHS
