India vs New Zealand: “Taking Game To Last Over Was A Positive,” Says Tim Southee

After stumbling to a five-wicket loss within the first T20I in opposition to Crew India, New Zealand skipper Tim Southee on Wednesday mentioned that the aspect can take pleasure in how Mark Chapman batted and took the guests to a aggressive whole. Suryakumar Yadav (62) and skipper Rohit Sharma (48) starred with the bat as India chased down 165 to defeat New Zealand by 5 wickets within the first T20I of the three-match collection right here on the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur.

“You at all times wish to come out on the proper aspect of the outcome. We performed our greatest cricket and took it deep. Mark Chapman hasn’t performed a whole lot of cricket of late, and to play the best way he performed was very pleasing to the aspect. It was a recreation of nice margins,” Southee advised host broadcaster Star Sports activities on the post-match presentation.

“It was an excellent rating, we needed to start out effectively with the ball however we did effectively to claw again within the center and clearly Mitch Santner was excellent with the ball and to take it deep and take it to the final over was a optimistic signal for us,” he added.

Earlier, Martin Guptill and Mark Chapman performed knocks of 70 and 63 respectively as New Zealand posted a complete of 164/6. For India, Ravichandran Ashwin and Bhuvneshwar Kumar returned with two wickets every.

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“It is at all times robust with completely different grounds and stuff like that however we set excessive expectations ourselves, slightly bit off within the area and it is an space we pleasure ourselves on and that we have now been excellent at in the previous couple of months. It is at all times robust, Daryl has received a whole lot of coaching and at all times wish to bowl however most likely did not depart him sufficient runs ultimately,” mentioned Southee.

With this win, India has gained a 1-0 lead within the three-match collection, with the second recreation set to be performed on Friday.