The five-match T20I series between India and South Africa ended 2-2 after the match that decided the series at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru was abandoned due to rain on Sunday. There are only 3.3 possible passes in the game, and India has scored 28/2 in that span. South Africa won the first two T20I games, but Team India managed to come back up in the next two, to bring the series even at 2-2.
Team India Head Coach Rahul Dravid spoke at a press conference after the last T20I was abandoned due to rain and he talked about the form of the Rishabh Pant, Shreyas Iyer, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Dinesh Karthikand the brand of cricket he wants to play.
When asked about Rishabh Pant’s captaincy, the 52-year-old said: “It’s good. Taking a team from 0-2 to 2-2 with a chance to win this series is a good thing. The team is good. The captain is not only about winning and losing, you can’t do that. I think he’s a young captain and he’s growing and learning. It’s too early to judge him, that’s not what you want. after a game or a few. But, it’s great that he has some opportunities to show that. He understands what it’s like to want to be in the lead, to keep and take on a lot of things for him. The point is he learns and gets there. Credit to him, he was able to work with the team.”
“When you’re in the middle of the half and you’re asking people to play cricket a little bit more, looking to continue the game, it’s sometimes difficult to judge on the basis of two or three games. I think he (Pant) has a pretty good IPL, on average, maybe not so good on average, but I think his strike rate is good in IPL.In the process, he has He can make mistakes but he’s still an integral part of the Battalion with the power he has and what he can do.He played some good shots, of course in terms of betting. Personally he wants to score a few more runs but that’s irrelevant. He’s definitely part of our plans for the next few months.”
Talking about the form of Shreyas Iyer and Ruturaj Gaikwad, Dravid said: “Yes, we are not going to make a rough reaction to people, I don’t like to judge people after a series or a game. Each of them. the people who took a chance here, really deserve it. They’ve won it, in this format of the game, you’re going to have good and bad games. lots of intent on a couple of tricky tricks and played hard for us Ruturaj showed in one half the quality and skill he has. At 20-20 you can have matches. weird, where it goes up and down a bit, your form and your performance.We’re not disappointed in anyone,” said Dravid at a press conference as a team, we’re looking to play a franchise. certain cricket brand.
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“We’ve been looking to play a slightly aggressive and offensive brand of cricket from the start. It hasn’t always been successful, but we’re sure of the brand of cricket we want to play. We’ll start. search Let’s form the World Cup squad as quickly as possible.Whether it’s going to be in the next series or the series after that, it’s hard to say but sure, we’re looking to make it happen. as quickly as possible,” he added.
Talking about Dinesh Karthik, Dravid said: “It was a pleasure to see Dinesh Karthik come out and do what he was really chosen to do. It opened up a lot more options for us going forward. An inning like that, I told you that you need to start banging on the door, not on the door, but on the door. And in a round like that, he (Karthik) must be banging really hard.”
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