Current World Cup champion, India’s life without Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, and Ravindra Jadeja in T20Is began in a disturbing manner as Zimbabwe stunned them in the series by 13 runs. The young Indian side, keeping aside the players who are a part of World Cup-winning team, failed to chase down the target of 116 runs. The whole team was bowled out for 102 in 19.5 overs.
With stars Rohit, Kohli and Jadeja now retired from the format, all eyes were on India’s young ones to sail the ship forward, but they fell flat on the first attempt. None of India’s top six batters managed to cross double figures.
Ravi Boshnoi, who delivered a career-best 4/13, said it’s time for young players to take team India forward after the retirement of seniors such as Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Ravindra Jadeja.
“It’s time for new players. The senior players are retired and handed over the mantle to us. It’s our responsibility to take the flight ahead.”
Despite the setback, Bishnoi said Shubhman gill led the side well.
“Shubhman’s captaincy is very good. His bowling changes were spot on, it’s a sign of good captaincy,” he added.
“We are trying our best and we need to bounce back stronger. We just need to come back tomorrow (Sunday) with a fresh mind for the second match,” said Bishnoi.
Bishnoi said India failed to stitch together good partnership and that led to this failure.
“It was a good game of cricket, but we collapsed, lost continuous wickets. A partnership would have made the game better for us. We could not do that. I think that made the difference,” he said.
“Zimbabwe’s bowling and fielding were really good. They did not allow us to build partnerships,” he added.
The 23-year-old made a career best of 4/13 against the Africans here, and he also said he is constantly trying his best to improve his craft.
“We can learn something from every match. I am trying to learn from every match and get better at what I am dong,” he said.
India will now have a chance to bounce back very quickly in the second T20I on Sunday.
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