Ahmedabad: West Indies fast bowler Alzarik Yusuf Said on Sunday that his team should have scored more runs on the board in the first match ODI Against India, which the visitors lost by six wickets, though the pitch was difficult to bat on.
“I think we needed to score a little bit more, maybe 240-250 would have been a more challenging total on that wicket, but this is the first game (here) and we have two more games left in the series,” he said.
Joseph said this in the press conference after the match.
“So, we’ll just go back to the drawing board and you know our plans have been put in[place].”
Riding on a half-century from new white-ball captain Rohit Sharma, India beat West Indies by six wickets in the first ODI to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.
Rohit smashed 60 off 51 balls to help India chase down a total of 176 runs in 28 overs for an easy win in their 1000th ODI.
According to Joseph, it was a difficult wicket to bowl to for a fast bowler.
“It was very difficult, it was a very slow wicket, spin friendly, so it wasn’t really very helpful for me, but I just tried to put my best foot forward in my efforts and for the team,” he said. . Speedster, who returned with figures of 2/45.
Joseph also said that West Indies had specific plans for specific batsmen.
“We had team meetings and we had specific plans for specific batsmen, so we were bowling as planned,” he said, adding that batsmen should try to spend more time at the crease to build partnerships .
“I think we needed to score a little bit more, maybe 240-250 would have been a more challenging total on that wicket, but this is the first game (here) and we have two more games left in the series,” he said.
Joseph said this in the press conference after the match.
“So, we’ll just go back to the drawing board and you know our plans have been put in[place].”
Riding on a half-century from new white-ball captain Rohit Sharma, India beat West Indies by six wickets in the first ODI to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.
Rohit smashed 60 off 51 balls to help India chase down a total of 176 runs in 28 overs for an easy win in their 1000th ODI.
According to Joseph, it was a difficult wicket to bowl to for a fast bowler.
“It was very difficult, it was a very slow wicket, spin friendly, so it wasn’t really very helpful for me, but I just tried to put my best foot forward in my efforts and for the team,” he said. . Speedster, who returned with figures of 2/45.
Joseph also said that West Indies had specific plans for specific batsmen.
“We had team meetings and we had specific plans for specific batsmen, so we were bowling as planned,” he said, adding that batsmen should try to spend more time at the crease to build partnerships .
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