Indian skipper Virat Kohli has blamed his batsmen for not showing up much potential against the New Zealand bowlers under pressure situation. Going with the match situation, team India were just 50 to 60 to take the cup home and put New Zealand batters under pressure.
Ross Taylor and captain Kane Williamson wreaked havoc against the Indian speedster in the entire second innings but the Indian players were totally failed to register even one match-winning partnership against in the finals.
“We definitely need to work out better plans in terms of understanding how to score runs. We have to stay in sync with the momentum of the game and not let the game drift away too much,” said Kohli at a press conference after India lost the final by eight wickets here.
“I don’t think there is any technical difficulty as such. But I think it boils down to game awareness and being a little more brave in putting bowlers under pressure and not allowing them to bowl in similar areas for longer periods of time, unless it is absolutely overcast and the ball is swinging all over the place like it did on day one. The mindset has to be to score runs and find ways to score runs. You can’t be too worried about getting out,” he said.
The India’s Number 4 batter, who feel twice to Kyle Jamieson in the match said in the post match presentation that, “We were 30-40 runs short of a good target.”
The backed his playing eleven in the final and said the team composition was correct and he will never regret.
“I don’t regret announcing my XI beforehand, because you need an all-rounder [Ravindra Jadeja] in the side but we made a unanimous decision that these are the best XI we can take into the park,” he said at the presentation ceremony.
Unlike India, New Zealand announced their team at the toss.
