Head coach points out bowling wasn’t easy at the end of the game because of ropes, also praises Axor’s improved hitting
India’s head his coach, Rahul Dravid, defended his team’s decision to throw the ball first in his T20I in the second, saying there were a lot of tau towards the end of the game and only past figures He pointed out that such a decision cannot be made on the basis of Sri Lanka bet 206 for 6 after being put to bat and India fell to his 57 for 5, but in the end he fell only 16 runs.
Historically, the team that batted first has had more success at his MCA Stadium in all his T20s, going into 34 games as opposed to his 29 for the chasing team through Thursday. I am winning. Sri Lanka’s captain Dasun Shanaka also pointed this out, saying that he wanted to hit first anyway after losing his throw. said throwing the ball first was not a bad decision. “The tau amount was in the final stages…we only lost a few wickets in the chase,” he said at a press conference. “If you have a few wickets, I think we have…we are close. But there was much dew.
“The past cannot continue. Honestly, it looked like a really good wicket and was a good wicket throughout. Throwing in the right place with the new ball did a little better for the fast bowlers. But other than that, I thought it was a good wicket. They played well and he scored 207 [206] but made some mistakes with the ball. And despite losing so many wickets, we met them very closely. “It wasn’t easy on the back end because I couldn’t throw the spinner because the ball was pretty wet. If we had, we would have gotten the right result.”
It’s thanks to Axor’s Patel that India have come this close even though he’s 57-5 in his 10 overs. After hitting 2 hits in 24 at bats in 4 overs, he showed his best with the bat for the first time in two games. While Suryakumar Yadav struggled to accelerate, Axar Maheesh attacked his Theekshana and his Wanindu Hasaranga. He gave hope to India by hitting 65 pitches including three 4s and six 6s from just 31 pitches. With a long grip, Shivam Mavi also hit 26 of his 15 in the closing stages.
Their efforts to win the match for India were unsuccessful, but earned the director’s praise.
“I think his (Axar’s) punching will improve exponentially,” Dravid said. “We always knew how well he could handle the ball. It was to improve his hitting technique. he works hard for it. He’s been with the team for over a year now and that’s the area of his game we’ve identified. We know it’s important to us to have it.
“Everything Axar has gone through, he has not let us down, especially with the injuries that have forced [Ravindra] Jadeja out of many recent cricket matches. It’s a really good sign for us to have a player like Thunder, he plays really well and hits really well and hopefully when Jadeja comes back we’ll have a little spin bowling all rounder area. I hope you can.
“Obviously, in the fast bowling all-rounder space, we rely heavily on Hardik [Pandya] and are looking for someone else to step up and possibly do the job for us. It was great to see Mavi batting today. Seeing fast bowlers batting like that makes me smile. But with our spin bowling all-rounders, I think our stock is doing pretty well right now. As said, we are happy with it. ”