Venkatesh Iyer bowls against New Zealand.
Shikhar Dhawan scored a crucial 79 but was left disappointed as he could not take his team over the line as India lost the match by 31 runs. He said that India is guilty of losing wickets in heaps.
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Venkatesh Iyer made his ODI debut against South Africa and did not bowl a single over against all expectations. The batting all-rounder has the potential to double as a bowler and was expected to play the role of Hardik Pandya who has to bat in the lower middle order and also doubles as a fourth seamer. But, Iyer’s debut was below average as he scored just 2 runs in seven balls; Also he did not bowl a single over. Later Shikhar Dhawan told the press why he was not bowled. “We didn’t need him because the spinners did well and there was some twist in the wicket. In the end, mostly fast bowlers were used. When the wicket was not falling in the middle overs, our idea was to bring back the main bowlers, but we could not do that. Then, in the end, it was important to bring in our main bowlers like our spinners,” Shikhar Dhawan said at the post-match press conference.
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Dhawan himself scored a crucial 79 but was left disappointed as he could not take his team over the line as India lost the match by 31 runs. He said that India is guilty of losing wickets in heaps.
“We started well and I think the wicket was slow, it was giving a little bit of turn as well. So, when you are chasing around 300 runs when the middle order comes to bat, it is not easy to play the shot,” Dhawan said in the post-match press conference.
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He also gave his advice to young Indian batsmen who lost wickets at crucial occasions. While Venkatesh and Shreyas Iyer were trapped by Lungi Ngidi. The likes of Rishabh Pant and Ravi Ashwin, who could have applied themselves, were dropped by Andile Phehlukwayo. “That you need to play according to the demands of the situation, always put the team first, that your individual game is important but also practicality and knowing how much you can adapt your game to the team. If the team needs partnerships, you should build one and things like that. And I think all this will get refined with time and experience,” concluded Shikhar Dhawan.
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