Jaipur (Rajasthan): After stumbling into five-goal losses at the first T20i against India, Skipper New Zealand Team Southee on Wednesday said that the party could be proud of how Mark Chapman struggled and took visitors to total competitive.
Suryakumar Yadav (62) and Rohit Sharma (48) starred in bats when India chased 165 to defeat New Zealand by five goals at the first T20i of the three-match series at the Mansingh Sawai Stadium.
“You always want to come out on the right side of the results.
We play our best cricket and take it.
Mark Chapman hasn’t played a lot of cricket lately, and to play the way he plays very much fun for it side.
It is a fine margin game,” Southee gave Southe Know the host Sports Starscaster Star at post-match presentations.
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Handshake after being tight in Jaipur.
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For India, Ravichandran Ashwin and Bhuvneshwar Kumar returned with two respectively.
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https://t.co/sbvohlaksL- BCCI (@BCCI) 1637171364000 “It’s always difficult with various reasons and things like that, but we set their own high expectations, a little in the field and it is the area we are proud of itself is active and that we have been very good in recent months.
It’s always difficult, Daryl has a lot of training and always wants a bowl but maybe not leaving it enough to run in the end, “Southee said.
With this victory, India has gained a 1-0 advantage in the three-match series, with the second set of sets to be played on Friday.
Take the game to last more positively, said the Southee team
