Huda brought in India and barely moved up 4-77. With his 23-ball 41 and four sixes, India reached a total of 162 available to defend.
Deepak He Hooda understands the difficulty of batting in T20Is tricky 6th place for him and in the opening he has seen all sorts of collapses, like when India won the game by a narrow margin over Sri Lanka. I was able to prepare for
Huda brought in India and barely moved up 4-77. With his 23-ball 41 and four sixes, India reached a total of 162 available to defend.
For his performance, he won the Player of the Game award.
Asked if there was any pressure on him when he came to bat in a key part of the innings after India lost the top and middle orders, Hooda said, “I lost wicket early on, built partnerships, and as a cricketer… If you hit the bottom 6th at-bat, you need to be prepared for that situation. A failure can occur at any time.
“[But] we were in a good position so I don’t think it was a real meltdown. I think it’s the role of the number and number 7 hitters (going in and hitting with confidence). Good win,” Huda added at the postgame press conference.
Hooda says you should respect the situation and play accordingly, but most of the time you should be a good finisher in the slots you hit. “The type of wickets you get you have to play accordingly. You have to give the team a good total and that was on my mind as a batsman. The game would have to be finished if Wanindu Hasaranga had nearly reached his allotted number of overs and the wicket was also calm, after the spinners had effectively choked the upper and middle batsmen. , said he was now free to play.
“At first, I couldn’t hit the ball hard, but that was his (Hasaranga’s) last over, and he also threw a loose ball. In the T20 game you have to keep your hitting intent. Once you get the ball in the correct area you have to smash it. I think it was the perfect time for me and my partner Axar Patel to play and luckily it worked out,” he added.
The hard-hitting all-rounder also conceded that the hosts could have scored a few more points.
“There was no (team) meeting, but we definitely missed 10-12 runs. But in the end we were able to get a good total,” Huda said.
He found the India Batters struggling at first, as Wankhede’s pitch did not have much rope and the ball tended to hit the bat slowly.
“Normally there is dew on the Wankhede (pitch) but in the first innings there wasn’t much dew so the wickets were a bit slow. That’s what the game demands,” he concluded.