Rohit Sharma after India thump England by 50 runs

India batted first after successful the toss and put up a formidable 198 for 8 on the board. Hardik Pandya starred with 51 off 33 whereas Suryakumar Yadav (39 off 19) and Deepak Hooda (33 off 17) additionally performed helpful knocks.

Through the chase, England misplaced their captain Jos Buttler for a golden duck as he performed throughout an excellent inswinger from Bhuvneshwar Kumar. After his heroics with the bat, Hardik shone with the ball as nicely, claiming 4 for 33. Arshdeep Singh additionally impressed on debut, choosing up 2 for 18. England had been bundled out for 148 in 19.3 overs.

Talking after registering his file thirteenth consecutive win as T20I captain, Rohit mentioned in reward of the group, “Nice efficiency from ball one. All batters confirmed intent. Though the pitch was good, we performed good pictures and by no means bought forward of the sport. You bought to utilize these six overs within the powerplay.”

He added concerning the group’s technique at the beginning of the innings with the bat, “There’s a sure method we need to take within the powerplay. You bought to again your self on this sport, generally it comes off, generally it would not. The entire batting unit wants to grasp the path the group is taking and the blokes had been spot on at present.”

Singling out Hardik for particular reward, the 35-year-old mentioned, “I used to be impressed along with his (Hardik) bowling. He needs to try this much more sooner or later, bowled fast and used his variations too. In fact his batting is there for us to see. That is the explanation we wished to bat (ball swinging below lights).

On the choice to bowl second after successful the toss, Rohit defined that, at occasions, bowlers get assist in the night. He mentioned, “Typically it does swing within the evenings and we wished to make the most of that. Each the brand new ball bowlers used the swing and stopped their batters.”

Whereas India had been glorious with bat and ball, they had been extraordinarily poor within the area, dropping plenty of catches, with Dinesh Karthik being the offender on greater than a few events. Rohit admitted, “We had been sloppy on the sphere. These catches ought to have been taken. Fairly certain we’ll area fairly nicely within the coming video games.”

The second T20I of the sequence will likely be performed at Edgbaston in Birmingham on Saturday (July 9).

–By A Cricket Correspondent