India collapsed to 117 in simply 26 overs after Australian pacer Mitchell Starc ran by the hosts prime order together with his ninth five-wicket haul in ODIs.
Starc’s 5/53 arrange Australia’s straightforward victory as they romped house in simply 11 overs. The sequence decider shall be performed in Chennai on Wednesday.
After a lacklustre efficiency with the bat, a disenchanted India captain Rohit Sharma made no hesitation in admitting the batting failure saying the pitch was not meant for 117 and they didn’t play to their potential.
“It is disappointing. No doubt about that. We didn’t play to our potential. We didn’t apply ourselves with the bat. We always knew that was not enough runs. It was not a 117 pitch at all. By no means. We just didn’t apply ourselves,” mentioned Sharma, who himself contributed 13 runs from 15 balls.
Rohit additionally rued that his facet’s formidable batting line-up “kept falling to the strength” of Starc as an alternative of enjoying their pure recreation within the second ODI.
“Starc is a quality bowler. He’s been doing it for years for Australia with the new ball. He kept bowling to his strength and we kept falling to his strength. That’s something that we need to understand and play accordingly,” Sharma mentioned on the post-match presentation.
Sharma minced no phrases concerning the batting failure, saying that 117 was in no way a difficult whole.
Sharma, who missed India’s five-wicket win within the first ODI as a consequence of household commitments, mentioned all of the Australians bowled very well and put the house facet below strain.
Australia captain Steven Smith was shocked with the fast consequence, achieved with 39 overs to spare.
“It was a quick one. 37 overs for the game (overall), you don’t see that too often,” he mentioned.
“I thought our bowlers were outstanding. Mitchell Starc, in particular, with that new ball swinging it back down the line and putting them (under) early pressure and he complemented really well with the rest of our bowling group.
“I did not know the way the wicket was going to play and the way a lot it was going to swing.”
On his run chase and the unbeaten 121-run partnership by the Australian openers, Smith said, “The manner that Mitch and Heady went out and went after them was spectacular. Putting them (Indian bowlers) below strain.
“When you’re chasing 118 really quickly, you can break the back of it really quickly.”
‘Man of the match’ Starc mentioned, “I feel like my rhythm has been good for a few weeks now and I guess the last couple of nights I’ve got the ball to shape in the air and do a little bit off the wicket. So, it’s feeling in a good place and hopefully it continues.”
(With PTI Inputs)
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com