South African batter Rassie van der Dussen was glad that he might execute his sweep pictures to perfection because the Indian spinners had been unsettled throughout his crew’s 31-run win over guests within the first ODI.
Van der Dussen’s 129 not out off 96 balls and his 204 run stand with skipper andd fellow centurion Temba Bavuma shaped the cornerstone of a straightforward victory.
“Yeah, I believe it was 68 for 3 after I got here in. It was taking a little bit of flip, so I knew I needed to get my sweeps out.
Generally, the wicket is sort of gradual right here. I attempted reverse sweeps, a couple of of them got here off, bought off to a flyer. I attempted to place stress again on the them (Indian spinners),” Van der Dussen mentioned on the on-line media interplay after the opening ODI right here on Wednesday.
Van der Dussen was ivolved in two excessive stress chases within the Test victories not too long ago and that actually elevated his confidence within the first ODI the place he took the Indian assault to cleaners.
“Two high pressure run chases in the Tests meant we were quite confident as a unit. All in all, a good day for the batters.” he added.
We have labored laborious on learn how to play high quality spinners
Van der Dussen swept rather well towards Tuzvendra Chahal and Ravichandran Ashwin, one thing he places in to the laborious work throughout internet periods and upgrading his abilities towards high quality gradual bowlers.
“Conditions in Paarl typically swimsuit spinners and slower bowlers. The manner we upskilled ourselves…ranging from the T20s in West Indies, then the collection in Sri Lanka and the T20 World Cup.
“Up-skilling our batters against spin.. making sure that we can dominate spin. In the past SA batters were known to dominate against the seamers, now with the work put in by the coaching unit against spin bowling has helped a lot,” he added.
Van der Dussen, was all reward for his skipper Bavuma, who anchored the innings properly.
“Obviously, played with Temba for long in my career. It was very hot out there today and when he got to 70 or 80, he felt the heat a bit and he reminded me to remind him to keep the intensity up. Always enjoyed batting with him, his running between the wickets is something I feed off well.”
Averaging 70 plus in his first 30 ODIs.
Van der Dussen, who at present averages an astonishing 73.62 after 30 ODIs, mentioned he didn’t pay an excessive amount of consideration to it and had at all times been clear about what to do when he went out to bat.
“To be honest, I don’t pay too much attention to it. Like I said earlier, every innings you are starting on zero and trying to assess the match situation. In my career, I have been clear on what to do when I go into bat.”
“I am glad I was able to play a match-winning knock. It is good to start on a good note and do for the team what they expect from me,” he added.
