September 23, 2024

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India vs West Indies: Proud of 3-0 sweep, were given what we would have liked from the collection, says Rohit Sharma

India captain Rohit Sharma stated he was once overjoyed with the collection victory towards the West Indies within the 3-match T20Is, including the hosts have been ready to reach no matter they got down to do. India hammered West Indies via 17 runs to finish every other 3-0 whitewash because the West Indies went house with out a victory on their excursion.

India effectively chased down a goal within the first T20I however they defended totals effectively within the closing 2 T20Is. The center-order, which was once noticed as a priority stepped up with Suryakumar Yadav topping the batting charts with 107 runs and Venkatesh Iyer striking his hand up and handing over with the bat with 92 runs within the 3-match collection.

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India’s bowling unit got here underneath force within the closing 2 T20Is however the likes of Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Harshal Patel stepped up and delivered.

Taking pleasure in the way in which, India defended totals on dewy night time in Kolkata, captain Rohit stated: “he staff that used to chase, there aren’t many of us right here from that squad. We needed to bat first and chase as smartly. As a result of our center order is moderately new. Proud of the collection.

“Just about were given the whole thing that we would have liked. We do perceive we’re very younger as a staff. We’re nonetheless a excellent chasing aspect, however numerous the gamers are lacking. So we would have liked the blokes to know how to bat in force eventualities. It was once gratifying to peer guys bailing the staff out from eventualities. Excellent signal transferring ahead as a bunch and one thing to be happy with. The largest takeaway from the ODIs was once the center order making it depend.”

“I used to be very inspired with our seam bowling in ODIs. Or even right here. Harshal is new. Avesh is on debut. Shardul is out and in. So problem for us was once to offer them recreation time and notice how they reply. While you play towards a staff like West Indies, you’ll check your batting and bowling. They bat very deep. It was once a excellent problem to protect in each video games,” he added.

Sri Lanka is a distinct problem: Rohit

In the meantime, Rohit Sharma stated India can be taking a look to proceed the great paintings within the upcoming 3-match collection towards Sri Lanka, beginning February 24. India can be with out Virat Kohli and Rishabh Pant who got bio-bubble breaks after the 2d T20I however the likes of Jasprit Bumrah and Ravindra Jadeja go back to the aspect.

Rohit stated India will proceed giving possibilities to gamers in a bid to search out the right mix for this yr’s T20 Global Cup.

“Few guys omit out for the Sri Lanka collection as a result of we wish to stay them recent. However we’ve got the Global Cup in thoughts and we’re looking to give recreation time for people. Sri Lanka can be a distinct problem. However It’s not that i am any individual who seems to be on the opposition, I want to see what we will do as a staff,” Rohit added.