St John's [Antigua], after his team's victory over Bangladesh in the ICC T20 World Cup Super Eights clash, Indian captain Rohit Sharma said that putting pressure on the bowlers is more important than centuries and fifties in the shortest format of the game.
A brilliant all-round performance from Hardik Pandya and a three-wicket haul from Kuldeep Yadav were the highlights as Team India beat Bangladesh by 50 runs and have now taken another step forward in their quest for the semi-final berth.
Speaking after the match, Rohit said during the post-match presentation: "I have been talking about this for a long time (playing aggressively). It is about going there and putting it into practice. All things considered, we played very well. We adapted to the conditions. There is a bit of wind factor here, overall we are very smart, overall we were good with bat and ball all eight batsmen have to play their part, whatever we got 197, in T20 I don't think we need to get fifties. hundreds, what matters is the pressure you put on the bowlers. All the batsmen from the beginning played like that and that's how we want to play there too. There is a lot of experience in the team and we support them.
Talking about Hardik, Rohit said: "I also mentioned in the last game that his good batting puts us in a good position. We want to finish well after top 5, 6, Hardik being Hardik, we know what he is capable of. He is a very important for us, if he can continue doing it, it will put us in good positions.
Coming into the match, Bangladesh won the toss and opted to play first. Openers captain Rohit Sharma (23 off 11 balls, with three fours and a six) and Virat Kohli (37 off 28 balls, with a four and three sixes) put together an attacking opening stand of 39 runs. After early dismissals of the openers and Suryakumar Yadav (6), India were restricted to 77/3 in 8.3 overs. Then, wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant (36 off 24 balls, with four boundaries and two sixes), Shivam Dube (34 off 24 balls, with three sixes) and Hardik Pandya (50* off 27 balls, with four boundaries and three sixes ) pushed India to 196/5 in their 20 overs.
Dube-Pandya had an excellent stand of 53 runs for the fifth wicket.
Tanzim Hasan Sakib (2/32) and Rashid Hossain (2/43) were the best players for Bangladesh.
In the chase of 197, India took wickets at regular intervals. Although captain Najmul Hossain Shanto (40 off 32 balls, with four and three sixes), Tanzid Hasan (29 off 31 balls, with four boundaries) and Rashid Hossain (24 off 10 balls, with four and three sixes) managed a fight, It was still not enough as India won by 50 runs, restricting Bangladesh to 146/8 in their 20 overs.
Kuldeep Yadav (3/19), Jasprit Bumrah (2/13) and Arshdeep Singh (2/30) were India's top bowlers. Pandya also got a wicket.
Pandya bagged the 'Man of the Match' award for his all-round performance.
With two wins in two matches and a match with Australia to be played on June 24, India has taken a step forward in the semi-final race. With two defeats, Bangladesh is out of the fight for the semifinals.
A brilliant all-round performance from Hardik Pandya and a three-wicket haul from Kuldeep Yadav were the highlights as Team India beat Bangladesh by 50 runs and have now taken another step forward in their quest for the semi-final berth.
Speaking after the match, Rohit said during the post-match presentation: "I have been talking about this for a long time (playing aggressively). It is about going there and putting it into practice. All things considered, we played very well. We adapted to the conditions. There is a bit of wind factor here, overall we are very smart, overall we were good with bat and ball all eight batsmen have to play their part, whatever we got 197, in T20 I don't think we need to get fifties. hundreds, what matters is the pressure you put on the bowlers. All the batsmen from the beginning played like that and that's how we want to play there too. There is a lot of experience in the team and we support them.
Talking about Hardik, Rohit said: "I also mentioned in the last game that his good batting puts us in a good position. We want to finish well after top 5, 6, Hardik being Hardik, we know what he is capable of. He is a very important for us, if he can continue doing it, it will put us in good positions.
Coming into the match, Bangladesh won the toss and opted to play first. Openers captain Rohit Sharma (23 off 11 balls, with three fours and a six) and Virat Kohli (37 off 28 balls, with a four and three sixes) put together an attacking opening stand of 39 runs. After early dismissals of the openers and Suryakumar Yadav (6), India were restricted to 77/3 in 8.3 overs. Then, wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant (36 off 24 balls, with four boundaries and two sixes), Shivam Dube (34 off 24 balls, with three sixes) and Hardik Pandya (50* off 27 balls, with four boundaries and three sixes ) pushed India to 196/5 in their 20 overs.
Dube-Pandya had an excellent stand of 53 runs for the fifth wicket.
Tanzim Hasan Sakib (2/32) and Rashid Hossain (2/43) were the best players for Bangladesh.
In the chase of 197, India took wickets at regular intervals. Although captain Najmul Hossain Shanto (40 off 32 balls, with four and three sixes), Tanzid Hasan (29 off 31 balls, with four boundaries) and Rashid Hossain (24 off 10 balls, with four and three sixes) managed a fight, It was still not enough as India won by 50 runs, restricting Bangladesh to 146/8 in their 20 overs.
Kuldeep Yadav (3/19), Jasprit Bumrah (2/13) and Arshdeep Singh (2/30) were India's top bowlers. Pandya also got a wicket.
Pandya bagged the 'Man of the Match' award for his all-round performance.
With two wins in two matches and a match with Australia to be played on June 24, India has taken a step forward in the semi-final race. With two defeats, Bangladesh is out of the fight for the semifinals.
