Indian captain Rohit Sharma was in awe of his team’s bowling effort after India took an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match ODI series against New Zealand. The Men in Blue took a 2-0 lead by winning the second match by eight wickets at the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium in Raipur on Saturday.
Mohammed Shami was the pick of India’s bowlers, bowling 6-1-18-3 to help India bundle out the Black Caps for a below-par total of 108 in 34.3 overs. Hardik Pandya and Washington Sundar took two wickets each. Mohammad Siraj, Shardul Thakur and Kuldeep Yadav got one wicket each.
As quoted by India Today, during the post-match presentation ceremony, Rohit Sharma said, “I felt in the last five matches, the bowlers have really stepped up. Whatever we have asked of them, they have given. Especially doing it in India. You can expect that kind of performance outside India, but he has got real skill.”
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He continued, “When we trained here last night, it went around, it was a good carry. That’s why we want that challenge: 250 would have been challenging enough.”
Rohit Sharma also said that he didn’t allow Shami and Siraj to bowl for long periods as he didn’t want to increase the pacers’ physical excursion ahead of India’s four-match Test series against Australia starting next month. were.
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Explaining the same, Rohit Sharma said, “Shami and Siraj wanted to play for a long time, but I told them that a big Test series is coming. I had to come in between and say that the boss is another bowler.
The Indian skipper was satisfied with the way he batted in the second ODI. He himself played a brilliant innings of 51 runs in 50 balls with the help of seven fours and two sixes, after which Henry Shipley took his wicket.
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Rohit Sharma said, ‘I am happy with my batting. I have kept my approach pretty much the same. I try to pick bowlers. It’s important to do this: try to back off the pressure. I know the big score hasn’t come, but I am happy with the way it is going. I know a big score is coming.”
