‘Yes I have’: Shreyas Iyer on thinking about becoming India’s captain
The 24-year-old Shreyas Iyer, who made his debut in 2017 in a T20I match against New Zealand, also talked about his first meeting with Rahul Dravid.
The 24-year-old Shreyas Iyer, who made his debut in 2017 in a T20I match against New Zealand, also talked about his first meeting with Rahul Dravid.
Ajinkya Rahane said the criticism of them not playing short-ball well is unfair and the Test series loss in New Zealand was largely due to wind factor.
Sandeep Patil also blamed the team management for not handling Ajinkya Rahane perfectly and blamed it as one of the reasons for his failure.
Ian Chapell commended Pujara for blending caution and aggression well, which saw the right-hander score a half century in the first innings.
With India struggling at a score 80-2, Virat Kohli joined Cheteshwar Pujara, only to last 15 balls and score 3 runs before getting dismissed by Tim Southee.
Chasing 297, New Zealand got off to a flying start to embark on their successful quest for the ODI series whitewash over India.
KL Rahul, who scored his fourth ODI ton, got out in the 47th over while trying to up the ante and was caught at long-off by Kyle Jamieson.
Navdeep Saini had graced his innings with five boundaries and two over-boundaries before getting out to debutant Kiwi pacer Kyle Jamieson.
Virat Kohli said despite the defeat, they have got some positives too from the lost series and they can make changes to the playing X for the next game.
Chasing 274, India never looked on course as they lost the first half of the batting in only 96 runs in front of a spirited New Zealand bowling attack.
