India captain Rohit Sharma said that it’s quite pleasing to see that youngsters made their opportunities count in this series. He also stated that India has always been a good chasing side but it’s good to see that they could defend successfully in back-to-back games.
On Sunday India beat West Indies by 17 runs to complete the clean sweep by 3-0. Suryakumar Yadav who hit his 4th T20I fifty was named ‘Player of the Match’ and he was also chosen ‘Player of the Series’ for his contributions in the first and third matches.
“Pretty much got everything we wanted”- Rohit Sharma
Speaking in the post-match presentation, skipper Rohit Sharma was quite satisfied with the team performance. He also stated that this current team is quite different from the team that used to chase well.
“The team that used to chase, there are not many people here from that squad. We wanted to bat first and chase as well. Because our middle order is fairly new,” Rohit Sharma said.
“Happy with the series. Pretty much got everything we wanted. We do understand we are very young as a team. We are still a good chasing side, but a lot of the players are missing. It was pleasing to see guys bailing the team out from situations. Good sign moving forward as a group and something to be proud of.” he added.
He is quite satisfied with the performance of the middle who put on a great show in all 6 white-ball games against West Indies. Suryakumar Yadav, Venkatesh Iyer, Rishabh Pant and Shreyas Iyer all stepped in at crucial moments.
“The biggest takeaway in the ODIs was the middle order making it count. I was impressed with our seam bowling in ODIs. And even here. Harshal is new. Avesh is on debut. Shardul is in and out. So we wanted to see how the guys react and it was a good challenge to defend in both games against a quality West Indies team.” he added.
He also pointed out that the players need to be rotated so that they can stay fresh. Rohit said that the players have been given opportunities by keeping World Cup in mind
“Few guys miss out for the Sri Lanka series because we want to keep them fresh. But we have the World Cup in mind and we are trying to give game time for individuals. I am not someone who looks at the opposition, I would like to see what we can do as a team,” concluded Rohit.
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