‘Our Death Bowling…’: Rohit Sharma’s blunt answer on where the Indian team needs to improve | Cricket News

India captain Rohit Sharma admitted on Sunday that death bowling remained a concern for the team taking part in the T20 World Cup next month, but hoped the bowlers would soon find their groove. India’s bowling of death was a blow in recent Asian Cup matches, leading to the team’s premature exit. In the opening match of the three-game T20 series, India were unable to defend 208 as Australia scored 53 in the final three overs to register a four-wicket victory.

“There are a lot of areas, in particular, our death bowling coming to the party,” Rohit said when asked about the team’s areas of concern during the post-match presentation. .

“These two (Harshal and Bumrah) are coming in after a long time. Knowing that their middle and lower (Australian) order is tough to play against, I don’t really want to look into that. They’re coming in after a break, they’re going to take some time. time. Hope they can get back into the rhythm. Harshal patel and Jasprit Bumrah return after a long absence due to injury, while Bhuvneshwar Kumar too erred in the back.

However, Rohit said he was pleased with the team’s overall performance as they beat Australia by six wickets to clinch the series 2-1 on Sunday.

“We wanted to put on a show, and we did it well. The biggest positives were different people coming in with the ball and the bat. When you sit and watch all of this happen, you feel good about it. as management.

“Sometimes you can get it wrong by doing a lot of things. It’s T20 cricket, and the margins of error are very small. I thought we took a chance, we were brave. Sometimes it didn’t happen. not passed, but it’s a learning we’ll take.” Faithful Drummer Virat Kohli anchored the 187-point chase with a 63-48 ball run.

Kohli was playing second fiddle when Suryakumar Yadav went hammers and pliers. But once Suryakumar was gone, Kohli shifted gears and took India to the brink of victory.

Hardik Pandya then sealed the problem with a four in the penultimate ball.

“I have to use my experience and I had to beat Zampa. I decided to pursue him. He is a quality bowler and he tries to control my score. I knew he was attacking my stumps so he was in outside the leg stump,” Kohli said after the game.

“I make a conscious effort to hit those big through the middles.” While Kohli anchored India’s pursuit, it was Suryakumar who gave the team the required momentum when he broke five fours and as many sixes in his 36-ball 63.

“He’s got the game to beat in all conditions, he got a hundred in England and then hit well in the Asian Cup. Here he hits the ball as well as I’ve seen him in the last six months “Kohli said.

“It’s just the range of shots and playing the shots at the right time is such a good skill to have, and he does it.” Kohli missed a few balls Josh Hazlewood in the 19th, as India needed to score 11 from the last six balls.

“The game shouldn’t have lasted that long, and we should have had four or five runs to chase in the final over,” said Kohli, who hit a six into the first ball of the final over to bring it back to run . -a-ball before losing his wicket to the next ball.

“It was important to keep my composure and get a limit that I was able to do (in the last over).” Australia captain Aaron Finch says his team was sloppy.

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“It was a very good series. We held our nerves well in the middle. Green’s series was also important. We thought it was a decent total, there was a bit of dew and we knew we had to get counters. You can’t rely on India’s lockdown,” he said.

“At times we were a bit sloppy in our execution. To be able to play three games against a world-class team was great for this team.”