Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, and Mukesh Kumar made up India’s lengthy tail in the course of the collection. Axar Patel, an all-around spinner, batted at quantity seven.
In the collection decider, India did not speed up within the demise overs to finish up with a under par 165/9.
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The Indian workforce, led by Hardik Pandya, made a valiant comeback within the third and fourth T20Is however have been outclassed by the West Indies within the fifth match, shedding the collection 2-3. No workforce has made a profitable comeback from 0-2 down in a T20I collection, and India additionally failed to alter the end result within the
India’s spectacular comeback within the five-match collection, particularly after trailing 0-2, was actually outstanding. Their excellent performances within the third and fourth T20Is had seemingly set them on a course to simply clinch the collection with a 3-2 victory, however issues did not go the way in which India wished.
After shedding the primary two matches, India made a powerful comeback by securing victories within the subsequent two video games, thus leveling the collection. However, their momentum faltered within the deciding match, ensuing of their first T20 collection loss to West Indies since 2017.
West Indies overhauled the goal with two overs to spare.
“I think in terms of our squad here, probably it didn’t allow us the flexibility in some ways to be able to change the combinations a little bit. But I think going forward, we’ve got to look at certain areas in which we can get better.
“Finding depth in our batting has been an space we try to handle. We try to do one of the best we presumably can however that is actually an space we will have a look at, how we can not weaken our bowling assault however guarantee we have now a specific amount of depth in batting,” said Dravid on Sunday.
On the contrary, West Indies had Alzarri Joseph coming in at number 11 with their side packed with bowling all-rounders.
“As these video games are occurring, and scores have gotten larger and greater, should you have a look at West Indies, they’d Alzarri Joseph coming in at No. 11 and he can hit a imply ball. So you might have sides which have that depth.
“Obviously, we have some challenges on that front and we need to work on that. It’s certainly something that this series has shown us and we need to build on that depth,” the India coach identified.
Tilak Varma, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Mukesh Kumar made their debuts within the T20 collection and Dravid was left impressed by all of them. Varma made his worldwide debut within the collection and confirmed he was right here to remain.
“I thought all the three guys who made debuts for us in this series, stood up. Yashasvi Jaiswal in the fourth game, I thought he played a very good innings. He’s shown us what he can do in the IPL and it was nice to see him replicate that in international cricket.
“Tilak Varma, I assumed, was actually good, to come back within the center order. He got here in generally in very tough conditions. But each time, he performs with quite a lot of intent, performs very positively, seems to be to maneuver the sport alongside, fielded brilliantly all through the collection, confirmed us he can bowl one or two overs as properly.
“So really positive signs from Tilak and to have that left-hander in the middle order does make a huge difference against some of the attacks that we’ve been playing against.”
Prior to his T20 debut, Mukesh additionally performed his first recreation for India within the Test and 50-over format.
“He debuted in all the formats in this series and I thought he acquitted himself really well. His ability to bowl at the death, sometimes he was called upon to bowl against some really big powerful hard hitters and he acquitted himself well for someone who was just playing his fourth or fifth game.
“So I feel there’s some actual good positives within the guys who made their debuts for us and hopefully they take confidence from the collection and continue to learn as they go ahead.”
‘We have few players coming back from injury in Asia Cup‘
Prior to the Asia Cup and World Cup at home, the emphasis is still on the ODI format.
Jasprit Bumrah, KL Rahul, and Shreyas Iyer are among the injured players who Dravid suggested would participate in the Asia Cup.
Beginning on August 18, Bumrah’s return series will be against Ireland.
“We a have few guys getting back from accidents in any case. We have to offer them alternatives to play (in Asia Cup). We have a one week camp in Bengaluru from August 23 for the Asia Cup. We will take it because it comes,” he added.
(With PTI inputs)
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com