India head coach Rahul Dravid, Tuesday, admitted that tempo spearhead Jasprit Bumrah’s absence within the upcoming T20 World Cup in Australia can be a blow for his staff.
“Bumrah’s absence is a big loss for us. He has been a great player but it happens,” stated Dravid within the post-match interplay after South Africa beat India by 49 runs within the third T20.
“But this is also an opportunity for someone else to stand up. We’ll miss him of course,” the 49-year-old outlined.
While India gained the T20 sequence by a margin of 2-1, the guests eked out a thumping win within the closing recreation of the sequence. But Dravid noticed the optimistic facet and stated, it was good to get the suitable ends in each sequence ( AUS & SA ).
“In this format, you need luck, things to go your way, especially in close games. We didn’t have that in the Asia Cup but had some luck during the Australia series,” stated Dravid.
The Indian head coach additionally spoke about Dinesh Karthik being promoted up the batting order and stated, “We were able to rotate the squad a bit, pleased with how it’s gone overall. We made a decision after the last T20 WC, sat down with Rohit, and made a conscious effort to be positive. Today was an opportunity to give guys who haven’t had much batting to get time.”
The @DineshKarthik present 💥💥
46 runs
21 balls
4 Fours and as many Sixes!
Talk a few quick-fire knock.
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“It is tough on guys like DK and Pant who don’t get too many hits in the middle. With both of them could’ve continued, 4-5 overs more and it could’ve been a lot closer. I felt they were batting really well at movement,” he concluded.
Brief Scores: South Africa: 227/3 in 20 Overs (Rilee Rossouw 100 not out, Quinton de Kock 68; Umesh Yadav 1/34, Deepak Chahar 1/48)
South Africa win the third & closing T20I of the sequence.
But it’s #GroupIndia who clinch the sequence 2⃣-1⃣. 👏 👏
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India: 178 all out in 18.3 overs (Dinesh Karthik 46, Deepak Chahar 31; Dwaine Pretorius 3/26)
