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India vs West Indies 1st T20I Highlights: Bowlers, Suryakumar guide India to easy 6-wicket win
Feeling better now (no nerves). It's a dream to play for India and it felt good. I was nervous at the start but wanted to contribute for the team as we know West Indies is one of the strongest teams in T20 cricket. It's slightly a challenge to grip the ball when there's dew. I never thought about this but it's a dream come true moment for me.
Player of the match | Ravi Bishnoi
Should have finished that off a little early, wanted to be clinical. Happy with the win and we can take a lot of confidence from this game. Restrticting them to that score was a great effort from the bowlers. With the bat we were not clinical and it's something we can learn from. Bishnoi is a very talented guy which is why we drafted him into the squad straightaway. We see something different in him. He's got lot of variations and skillset with him. He can bowl at any stage and it gives us a lot of options to rotate the other bowlers. Very happy with his first game for India and he's got a bright future and it's just about us now on how we use him. Someone like Shreyas Iyer is sitting out, very hard on him not making it to playing eleven, but we needed someone to bowl in the middle which is why we couldn't get him in. It's always nice with that kind of competition going around and a lot of the guys are missing out as well. I'm happy to have that kind of challeneges rather than not having players available and not in form. We were very clear with Shreys and we told him we want that option going into the World Cup. Guys do undertsand what the team wants and all these guys are professionals and they do undertsand that team comes first. Once everyone is available it's something we need to sit down and understand. Lots of things to take into consideration and sometimes it can be very tough on the guys missing out, but we want to make sure that we give out a clear message with guys performing needs to get that run and we want to put the team first
Rohit Sharma, India skipper
Between overs 6-15 we only scored 46 in 9 overs and if we had 18-20 more runs during that phase it would have been competitive. After six overs they were in front, but I thought the bowlers and fielders did really well to pull things back. Different times calls for different things, they have quality bowlers and we have to play it as we see it. The guys are working hard to get things right and again it's just a matter of setting it up properly. The ball was wet and the bowlers were bowling high full tosses and I wanted them to have a fair share to execute. Having said that, it was a very, very good game of cricket.
Kieron Pollard, West Indies skipper
Looking at the dew, Rishabh and me decided to hit square because the outfield was very quick. I like batting anywhere, but today it was different and I badly wanted to finish the game. Glad to win and stay not out. Very important for Venkatesh, when he came in the difference was just eight runs, so I told him there was no need for any fancy stroke. Just asked him to play good shots and good cricket and really happy with the way he played. Their spinners bowled beautifully. It turned with bounce and gripped. With heavy dew it was very difficult for them to grip it and it was advantageous for us.
Suryakumar Yadav after India's win
.@surya_14kumar and Venkatesh Iyer take #TeamIndia home with a 6-wicket win in the 1st T20I. Scorecard -… https://t.co/IhIvrUpuoB
— BCCI (@BCCI) 1645032399000India go 1⃣-0⃣ up! Suryakumar Yadav and Venkatesh Iyer bat through and chase down 158 with six wickets to spare 💪… https://t.co/k8meFfdSJa
— ICC (@ICC) 1645032095000
Match Statistics
Venue
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
