We bat deep and weren’t nervous: KL Rahul on India’s top-order wobble in opposition to Zimbabwe
India’s high order wobbled a bit whereas chasing a small complete however captain KL Rahul mentioned his aspect was not nervous because it notched up a complete five-wicket win over Zimbabwe within the second ODI to clinch the sequence with one match remaining right here on Saturday.
Chasing 162 to win, India have been 97 for 4 on the finish of the 14th over earlier than Sanju Samson’s unbeaten 43 off 39 balls took the guests dwelling with 24.2 overs left. “We bat deep and it’s good for some of the guys to get time in the middle. We weren’t nervous,” Rahul mentioned on the post-match presentation. “They (Zimbabwe) have some high quality bowlers they usually bowled properly to Bangladesh, I watched on the tv. The bowlers did come arduous, they’re tall and massive and powerful boys.
“Good challenge for us as batters, but we bat deep so it wasn’t a worry.”
Rahul promoted himself on the high of the batting order to open the India innings with Shikhar Dhawan however was out for 1 within the second over of the run chase.
“It didn’t work (on the changed batting order), I wanted to get some runs but it didn’t happen. Hopefully in the next game,” he mentioned.
“We’re here to play good cricket and win. It’s a great turnout today, it’s a weekend, and wherever we go across the world we get good support from Indian fans, so thanks to them.” Man of the match Sanju Samson mentioned he loved protecting wickets and contributing with the bat.
“Feels good to spend time in the middle. I took three catches but I missed a stumping too; as keepers we’re used to listening to things we didn’t do well,” mentioned Samson, who took three catches and scored an unbeaten 43.
“I really enjoyed keeping and contributing to the win. In this match the fast bowlers picked the length much quicker and I really enjoyed keeping.” For hosts Zimbabwe, it was their second successive loss and captain Regis Chakabva mentioned his workforce has lacked in execution with each bat and ball.
“We had a really good fight in the field. We’ve struggled to pick early wickets in the last few games and we did that today,” he mentioned.
“We fell shot of runs on the board. Our execution lacked slightly bit ultimately, and we’re trying to rating extra runs.
The bowlers got here out charging they usually tried to hit their lengths.” Zimbabwe Cricket devoted Saturday’s recreation to the reason for youngsters’s most cancers. The dwelling workforce is donating USD 500 and a Zimbabwe jersey to a six-year-old who additionally bought a signed ball from Sanju Samson.
