IND vs WI: Happy With The Series, Pretty Much Got Everything We Wanted – Rohit Sharma After 3-0 T20I Series Win

Rohit Sharma-led India National Cricket Team won the third and final T20 International match of the three-match T20I series by 17 runs against the Kieron Pollard-led West Indies National Cricket Team on Sunday, February 20 at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata.

India lost the toss and were invited to bat first. Openers Ishan Kishan and Ruturaj Gaikwad only added 10 runs together. However, Shreyas Iyer and Ishan Kishan added good 53 runs together and in the end, Suryakumar Yadav and Venkatesh Iyer had an exceptional 91-run partnership that helped India post 184 runs.

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Chasing the target West Indies openers Kyle Mayers and Shai Hope failed to score big runs in the powerplay overs. However, Nicholas Pooran had two good partnerships, with Rovman Powell and Romario Shepherd. In the end, Indian bowlers performed exceptionally well to help India win the series by 3-0.

We do understand we are very young as a team – Rohit Sharma

During the post-match presentation, Indian captain Rohit Sharma was delighted after the 3-0 series win and he said that the team got pretty much everything they wanted. He said:

“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. Happy with the series. Pretty much got everything we wanted.”

Rohit Sharma said that he understands that the Indian side is very young as a team but opined that the team is still good at chasing. He asserted:

“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.”

Rohit Sharma was highly impressed with the middle-order batting unit and the pace bowling unit of the team. He elaborated:

“Biggest take away 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.”

Rohit signed off by saying that the reason behind giving rest to the players like Virat Kohli and Rishabh Pant for the upcoming Sri Lanka T20Is is the team management wants to keep them fresh. He asserted:

“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.”

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