Rohit Sharma hails boys for “great team effort” after win in 1st T20I against West Indies

Despatched into bat after dropping the toss, the Males in Blue put up a aggressive 190 for six on the board as skipper Rohit himself top-scored with 64 off 44 on the high. Coming in on the dying, Dinesh Karthik smashed an unbeaten 41 off 19 to elevate India from a considerably precarious 138 for six.

The bowlers then chipped in to scale back the West Indies to 122 for 8. Arshdeep Singh, Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravi Bishnoi all claimed two wickets every for India because the Windies by no means bought into any type of momentum of their innings.

Talking on the post-match presentation ceremony, Rohit stated, whereas reflecting on India’s win, “We wish to do sure issues, and I feel we’re in a position to obtain sure issues. All in all, it was an important effort. We wish to proceed doing that. However once more we have to perceive what kind of pitche play on.”

Elaborating on the significance of surfaces whereas planning their techniques, the 35-year-old India captain added, “Sure pitches won’t will let you try this (assault). So, you’ll have to take a backward step and see how one can play in these overs. The fellows have a number of talent, they’ve performed on all types of pitches again dwelling. They only have to again these talent units.”

Whereas Rohit and DK excelled for India with the bat, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant and Hardik Pandya fell cheaply, scoring 0, 14 and 1 respectively.

Speaking concerning the evaluation of the enjoying situations, Rohit Sharma stated, “The character of the pitch, we knew was barely going to be robust. The shot-making was not straightforward at first. On the identical time, we do perceive that the fellows who’re set want to hold on so long as potential. There was some grip for the spinners. The odd variation wasn’t straightforward to select.”

Requested for his views of the floor particularly for the primary T20I, Rohit stated the pitch was gradual and never a simple one. He added, “The way in which we completed off the primary innings, attending to 190 was nice. I actually thought this wasn’t the pitch the place you might get 170-180 once we have been batting within the first half of the innings. However we hung in there, backed our expertise and bought greater than a par rating.”

Rohit additionally thanked the group within the West Indies for his or her assist and added, “I really like enjoying right here in West Indies. The Indian workforce at all times receives nice assist from the Indian crowd coming in from the USA and in addition the native crowd right here, fairly excellent to get such assist.”

India will tackle the West Indies within the second T20I on August 1 at St Kitts.

–By A Cricket Correspondent