“It’s sometimes difficult to pick a XI because all of them are confident and all of them play well in the nets. As a captain, I couldn’t ask anything more. All of us had the same dream to play for India and I don’t think too much about expectations. If you play with that baggage, you’re under pressure. You have to learn to manage the expectations and keep it on the side,” Bumrah stated in the course of the post-match presentation.
Bumrah, who himself is making a comeback to worldwide cricket with this collection after a protracted 11-month harm layoff, reiterated that he’s feeling good and is joyful to be again.
“Feeling good. Today, I could run in and bowl a little faster. We wanted to put runs on the board and we thought the pitch would get slower. It did get slower. Happy to be back and couldn’t have asked for anything more,” Bumrah added.
Young India batter Rinku Singh introduced his arrival on the worldwide stage with a wide ranging knock of 38 off 21 balls within the match. The left-hander smoked three maximums and two fours whereas scoring his runs at a strike fee of 180.95.
For his cameo, the assured Rinku was adjudged Man-of-the-Match on Sunday.
“I was confident and trying to use the IPL experience. Was trying to take the game deep. Been playing cricket for ten years and getting rewarded for the hard work. Happy to get the Man-of-the-Match award in the first game I’ve batted in international cricket,” Rinku stated.
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com