India's batting collapses in the past two games haven't made any impact on the skippers mood. After winning the series in Pallekelle, Kohli spoke on the team's ability to adapt to different situations and take control of the game.
"Small targets are always tricky. If it happens 2-3 times, it isn't an issue. We've chased small targets convincingly before. Here it was the case of the wicket being a little challenging. A couple of those wickets, you won't get those wickets 8 out of 10 times", said Kohli.
Kohli then praised Rohit and Dhoni on their match winning stand but his focus was to buy time to the young players in the middle order.
"Rohit was outstanding, MS was great as well. These things happen, the (young) guys will learn in the middle order, we have to be patient with them."
It had been two years since an Indian pacer took 5 wickets in an ODI match. Jasprit Bumrah got close to the 5 wicket haul in the 2nd ODI where he got 4, but in the next game he completed a convincing 4 wicket haul.
"Bumrah got 11 wickets in three games, he's bowled really well, he's among our top short format bowlers at the moment. He hits the right areas, bowls at pace, and in the death overs he's like a fish in the water."
Now that India has won the series, the skipper feels that now it is the time to test the bench.
"We have a squad of 15, we'll look to give some guys a go, see how their game stands up in different situations. We've won three, and we can definitely afford to give them a few opportunities", said the Indian skipper.
Apart from Kuldeep and Manish Pandey, we might see Shardul Thakur in action as well. Probably he might replace Bhuvneshwar Kumar who has been wicket less so far.
Cheers,
Sparsh
"Small targets are always tricky. If it happens 2-3 times, it isn't an issue. We've chased small targets convincingly before. Here it was the case of the wicket being a little challenging. A couple of those wickets, you won't get those wickets 8 out of 10 times", said Kohli.
Kohli then praised Rohit and Dhoni on their match winning stand but his focus was to buy time to the young players in the middle order.
"Rohit was outstanding, MS was great as well. These things happen, the (young) guys will learn in the middle order, we have to be patient with them."
It had been two years since an Indian pacer took 5 wickets in an ODI match. Jasprit Bumrah got close to the 5 wicket haul in the 2nd ODI where he got 4, but in the next game he completed a convincing 4 wicket haul.
"Bumrah got 11 wickets in three games, he's bowled really well, he's among our top short format bowlers at the moment. He hits the right areas, bowls at pace, and in the death overs he's like a fish in the water."
Now that India has won the series, the skipper feels that now it is the time to test the bench.
"We have a squad of 15, we'll look to give some guys a go, see how their game stands up in different situations. We've won three, and we can definitely afford to give them a few opportunities", said the Indian skipper.
Apart from Kuldeep and Manish Pandey, we might see Shardul Thakur in action as well. Probably he might replace Bhuvneshwar Kumar who has been wicket less so far.
Cheers,
Sparsh
The current team still deserve some more chance!
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