“I believe the pitch will get slower and slower. Rahul was turning the ball in his fourth over, which was the twelfth or thirteenth over. That doesn’t occur in Mumbai. The bowlers are at all times within the recreation. Even the quick bowlers, the ball was reversing in some matches as nicely.”
Rohit stated the important thing to success was a set batsman batting by means of within the center overs.
“The slowness of the deck doesn’t allow batsmen to come and slog straightaway. One set batter carrying through is needed, which is what’s not happening for all of the teams that have played here.
“Polly (Kieron Pollard) has done it for so many years for us at the back end. We have the confidence in him. It’s all about him getting some time in the middle. Our fielding was really good tonight, that’s something we take pride in. Those run outs and also the catches.”
Meanwhile, Hardik Pandya performed an enormous half operating out David Warner and Abdul Samad, however he stated he hardly practices fielding.
“I just make sure that the ball is in my hand and then target the stumps. To be honest, the run-out of Warner, I wasn’t expecting him to be that far, I just wanted to take aim and hit, and only then I realized that he was well short. To be honest I don’t practice fielding much.
“We have a lot of character as a team, they got to a great start, but our bowlers pulled them back nicely, bowled good line and lengths, made sure that the pressure was built. Rahul Chahar, Krunal and all the others – we bowled as a unit, held the nerves and used all the opportunities that came our way. We have plenty of experience, lots of feedback from the players and it helps having a captain who makes the most of it.”
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