West Indies won the second match of the ongoing three-match T20I series after giving a blockbuster performance at Greenfield International Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram. It was a bad day for the Indian fielders as they failed to stop the West Indies from nearing the target.
Before the match started, India was asked to bat first. Team India gave West Indies a target of 170 runs, which was chased down by West Indies with nine balls remaining. From Indian openers failing to give a good start to the fielders missing out many opportunities to dismiss West Indies’ batsmen, it wasn’t a good day for team India.
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Speaking about the performance of team India, Virat Kohli admitted that batting first has become a problem for the team. The skipper was also critical about the way his side finished the batting. Virat was not at all impressed with the way team India missed a lot of chances. He said:
“Could say that (on whether batting first is a problem). Numbers say a lot of things, and a lot of things that aren’t there as well. You expect to get 40-45 in last four overs, not 30. Shivam’s knock propelled us. If you field like that, no total is good enough. With the ball we were good, the first four overs. But if you drop chances, it’s going to cost you.”
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He added:
“Fielding is something – we need to be more brave. We knew the pitch is going to help spinners, so we thought why not Shivam go up and attack the spinner. That was the plan, worked very well. It was one of those catches that just stuck. Committed to the ball, stretched both hands – last match I went with just one hand,”
