Rohit Sharma on tricky Thiruvananthapuram surface

The Males in Blue beat the Proteas by eight wickets within the first T20I on Wednesday, September 28 to take a 1-0 lead within the three-match sequence. Bowling first after profitable the toss, India restricted South Africa to 106 for 8, which counts as a restoration contemplating they’d misplaced half their facet with solely 9 runs on the board.

Arshdeep Singh was the star performer for India with three wickets in a single over. Deepak Chahar and Harshal Patel additionally impressed with two scalps every. Within the chase, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli perished cheaply, however unbeaten half-centuries from KL Rahul and Suryakumar Yadav took India residence with none additional bother.

Talking on the post-match presentation, Rohit mentioned, “Whenever you play a recreation like that you simply be taught so much. It was good to play a recreation like that. We knew there can be one thing for the bowlers, however not by way of the 20 overs we bowled. It was sticky, there was nonetheless dampness, and it stayed all through. There was no solar so it makes it troublesome to hit. Each groups had been within the contest.”

The Indian captain added getting fast wickets at first of the sport made a major affect on the outcome. He commented, “We obtained wickets upfront, and that was the turning level. It doesn’t matter what the situations, you continue to must execute your plans. Whenever you swing the ball like that any batter will wrestle. 107, we knew it was not going to be that simple. We obtained to respect the situations at occasions, perceive what photographs could be performed.”

The Hitman additionally admitted that the 93-run stand between Suryakumar and Rahul was vital after they misplaced two early wickets.

Then again, Proteas skipper Temba Bavuma conceded that the batters couldn’t apply themselves. He mentioned, “As a batting unit, we failed to use ourselves. We weren’t in a position to modify our plans.”

He, nevertheless, expressed shock on the habits of the wicket. Bavuma mentioned, “We didn’t anticipate that, we practiced right here two days, in the past. We noticed the wicket was spicy, however we didn’t anticipate it like that. You anticipated to hit by way of the road coming to India.”

“To be defending that kind of rating, you at all times hope for a miracle. The bating we have to work, and provides the bowlers one thing to defend. Guys like Parni [Parnell], and Keshav, they confirmed good struggle. The struggle was on, however on the finish of the day, there weren’t too many runs,” Bavuma concluded.

The second T20I of the sequence can be performed in Guwahati on Sunday, October 2.

–By A Cricket Correspondent