Ranchi: Indian cricketer Washington Sundar termed their defeat to New Zealand in the first T20I as a “one-off” loss. The star all-rounder also backed the Men in Blue to make a comeback in the series. The second T20 will be played at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow on Sunday.
India’s top three in form, chasing a competitive 177 Shubman Gill (7) was dismissed for just 15 runs in 19 balls, making the task difficult for the remaining batsmen and bundled out the home team for 155 for 9, giving New Zealand a 21-run victory, the Friday night tour That was his first victory.
New Zealand were whitewashed 0-3 in the previous ODI series by India before the new-look home team hardik pandya Took over for the T20 phase.
“I think it was just a one-off game,” said Washington, who scored a quickfire 28-ball 50, besides returning with decent figures of 2/22.
“I don’t think just because it was spinning too much, we have to address anything. Just that one-sided game. If we’d got a flight or a better start, things would have been very different. Obviously, it used to spin , and you will see such wickets here and there.
“The guys here and the players in our team have played on wickets like this in the IPL and even in the Indian team. So just a one-off match where a few things didn’t go our way,” he said.
Would you stop going to restaurants if you didn’t get the biryani you wanted?
But his response seemed “unbelievable” to a reporter, who probed further and asked if he should “change” his top order.
This time, the young man was at his cleverest.
“Do you really think there is a need for change? If you don’t get your favorite biryani at one restaurant, you will never go to that restaurant again?”
Washington said, “They all scored so many runs. It’s just a matter of one day. It happens to anyone – even New Zealand collapsed at Raipur (108 in 34.3 overs in the second ODI) got out).
“It didn’t mean they had to change their top order. This is a game where anything can happen. We have to be patient. At the end of the day, it’s a game where both the teams can’t win and all 22 players can’t perform.” All of them have done a good job to reach this point.”
23-year-old backed left-arm pacer Arshdeep Singh, who registered poor figures of 4-0-51-1 and young pace sensation Umran MalikWho gave 16 runs in the only over bowled during New Zealand’s innings.
“He (Arshdeep) has taken so many wickets – for India and in the IPL. We are also human beings, we also want to play the game. When the competition is very high, and the opposition is of the highest quality stuff.” Maybe,” Washington said in support of his partner.
“The way he (Malik) bowled against Sri Lanka and New Zealand (in ODIs), that’s why we all know he is here. He is the X-factor, bowling above 150 consistently and that’s a A rare quality.”
Washington lauded the team management under head coach Rahul Dravid.
“… even with this management, they are very calm and patient, keen as long as we are learning from all the mistakes, which is a wonderful quality. Going forward, we will be a very strong side,” he added. .
He also praised Kiwi all-rounder Daryl Mitchell for his unbeaten 59 off 30 balls which ultimately made the difference.
“Obviously, Daryl’s innings was very important to him. Around 150 would have been par, we would have been very happy with that. But he really made the difference by scoring a half-century for himself,” he concluded.
India’s top three in form, chasing a competitive 177 Shubman Gill (7) was dismissed for just 15 runs in 19 balls, making the task difficult for the remaining batsmen and bundled out the home team for 155 for 9, giving New Zealand a 21-run victory, the Friday night tour That was his first victory.
New Zealand were whitewashed 0-3 in the previous ODI series by India before the new-look home team hardik pandya Took over for the T20 phase.
“I think it was just a one-off game,” said Washington, who scored a quickfire 28-ball 50, besides returning with decent figures of 2/22.
“I don’t think just because it was spinning too much, we have to address anything. Just that one-sided game. If we’d got a flight or a better start, things would have been very different. Obviously, it used to spin , and you will see such wickets here and there.
“The guys here and the players in our team have played on wickets like this in the IPL and even in the Indian team. So just a one-off match where a few things didn’t go our way,” he said.
Would you stop going to restaurants if you didn’t get the biryani you wanted?
But his response seemed “unbelievable” to a reporter, who probed further and asked if he should “change” his top order.
This time, the young man was at his cleverest.
“Do you really think there is a need for change? If you don’t get your favorite biryani at one restaurant, you will never go to that restaurant again?”
Washington said, “They all scored so many runs. It’s just a matter of one day. It happens to anyone – even New Zealand collapsed at Raipur (108 in 34.3 overs in the second ODI) got out).
“It didn’t mean they had to change their top order. This is a game where anything can happen. We have to be patient. At the end of the day, it’s a game where both the teams can’t win and all 22 players can’t perform.” All of them have done a good job to reach this point.”
23-year-old backed left-arm pacer Arshdeep Singh, who registered poor figures of 4-0-51-1 and young pace sensation Umran MalikWho gave 16 runs in the only over bowled during New Zealand’s innings.
“He (Arshdeep) has taken so many wickets – for India and in the IPL. We are also human beings, we also want to play the game. When the competition is very high, and the opposition is of the highest quality stuff.” Maybe,” Washington said in support of his partner.
“The way he (Malik) bowled against Sri Lanka and New Zealand (in ODIs), that’s why we all know he is here. He is the X-factor, bowling above 150 consistently and that’s a A rare quality.”
Washington lauded the team management under head coach Rahul Dravid.
“… even with this management, they are very calm and patient, keen as long as we are learning from all the mistakes, which is a wonderful quality. Going forward, we will be a very strong side,” he added. .
He also praised Kiwi all-rounder Daryl Mitchell for his unbeaten 59 off 30 balls which ultimately made the difference.
“Obviously, Daryl’s innings was very important to him. Around 150 would have been par, we would have been very happy with that. But he really made the difference by scoring a half-century for himself,” he concluded.