India vice-captain Axar Patel said the team was surprised by the nature of the pitch in its T20 World Cup opener against USA at the usually high-scoring Wankhede Stadium.
Despite the batting collapse on a tricky pitch, Axar said the team was confident of putting a competitive total on board.
After put in to bat, India slipped to a dangerous position of 77/6 against the USA but skipper Suryakumar Yadav’s 49-ball 84 not out bailed them out, propelling the hosts to a match-winning 161/9.
India restricted USA to 132/8 to win the contest by 29 runs.
“The planning is according to the match situation. Generally, the wicket in Mumbai is flat (and) we took about three overs to determine what would be a good score,” Axar told the reporters after the match.
“The dressing room atmosphere was like that… the kind of confidence with which we are coming in, we knew even if one batter gets going we would reach around 140-150. The wicket was also behaving (differently).”
“We were surprised becau​India vice-captain Axar Patel said the team was surprised by the nature of the pitch in its T20 World Cup opener against USA at the usually high-scoring Wankhede Stadium.
Despite the batting collapse on a tricky pitch, Axar said the team was confident of putting a competitive total on board.
After put in to bat, India slipped to a dangerous position of 77/6 against the USA but skipper Suryakumar Yadav’s 49-ball 84 not out bailed them out, propelling the hosts to a match-winning 161/9.
India restricted USA to 132/8 to win the contest by 29 runs.
“The planning is according to the match situation. Generally, the wicket in Mumbai is flat (and) we took about three overs to determine what would be a good score,” Axar told the reporters after the match.
“The dressing room atmosphere was like that… the kind of confidence with which we are coming in, we knew even if one batter gets going we would reach around 140-150. The wicket was also behaving (differently).”
“We were surprised becau ​Latest News [ SOBAN NEWS: International and National ]
