IND vs WI: Should Have Finished That Off A Little Early – Rohit Sharma After 6-Wicket Win Over West Indies In 1st T20I

Rohit Sharma-led India National Cricket Team won by 6 wickets in the first match of the three-match T20 International series against Kieron Pollard-led West Indies National Cricket Team at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata on Wednesday, February 16.

India won the toss and elected to bowl first and speedster Bhuvneshwar Kumar got the first breakthrough in the first over. However, Nicholas Pooran had two good partnerships with Kyle Mayers and Kieron Pollard that helped the West Indies National Cricket Team post 157 runs on the board at the loss of 7 wickets.

Chasing the target skipper Rohit Sharma played an explosive 40-run knock and in the end, Suryakumar Yadav and Venkatesh Iyer batted brilliantly to help India register a win and get the 1-0 lead.

During the post-match presentation, India captain Rohit Sharma said that the Indian team should have finished the match a little early. He added that he is happy with the win and the team will take a lot of confidence from this game. He said:

“Should have finished that off a little early, wanted to be clinical. Happy with the win and we can take a lot of confidence from this game. Restricting them to that score was a great effort from the bowlers. With the bat, we were not clinical and it’s something we can learn from.”

Bishnoi is a very talented guy – Rohit Sharma

Rohit Sharma lauded the debutant Ravi Bishnoi, who picked two wickets in the first T20I against West Indies and said that the spinner has got a bright future ahead. He elaborated:

“Bishnoi is a very talented guy which is why we drafted him into the squad straight away. We see something different in him. He’s got a lot of variations and skillset with him. He can bowl at any stage and it gives us a lot of options to rotate the other bowlers. Very happy with his first game for India and he’s got a bright future and it’s just about us now on how we use him. ”

Rohit Sharma, while talking about Shreyas Iyer not being part of playing XI, said it is hard on Iyer to not make it to the playing XI. He added that having competition going around in the team is always a nice thing. He stated:

“Someone like Shreyas Iyer is sitting out, very hard on him not making it to playing eleven, but we needed someone to bowl in the middle which is why we couldn’t get him in. It’s always nice with that kind of competition going around and a lot of the guys are missing out as well.”

“ I’m happy to have that kind of challenges rather than not having players available and not in form. We were very clear with Shreyas and we told him we want that option going into the World Cup. Guys do understand what the team wants and all these guys are professionals and they do understand that team comes first. Once everyone is available it’s something we need to sit down and understand.”

Rohit Sharma further added that the team management wants to give a clear message to all the players who are not getting an opportunity in playing XI. He said:

“Lots of things to take into consideration and sometimes it can be very tough on the guys missing out, but we want to make sure that we give out a clear message with guys performing needs to get that run and we want to put the team first.”

“ I have been talking to him for a long time now when he was playing with Mumbai Indians in the middle order which wasn’t his natural position. We saw in Chennai when the pitch was slow he wasn’t able to get going, we just want to make sure that we give him that confidence with what he needs to do and look to find that odd boundary in the middle. It’s just about rotating strike in the middle and with Ishan, it’s just about getting some game time and wearing the blue and playing for India, there’s too much pressure. It’s our job to make sure that whenever he steps in he’s quite comfortable.”

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