Former Pakistan leg-spinner Dinesh Kaneria on Friday mentioned Hardik Pandya was not good about rotating his bowlers after India’s 21-run loss to New Zealand on the JSCA International Stadium Complex in Ranchi.
Kaneria mentioned on his YouTube channel, ‘Hardik Pandya was not good in regards to the rotation of his bowlers. He introduced Shivam Mavi into the assault very late. He ought to have been introduced in sooner. Given the quantity of turns, they might have used Deepak Hooda a bit extra. This is the place Hardik made a intelligent mistake. It appears that he had no plan.
He mentioned, ‘Indian bowlers looted lots of runs. Hardik Pandya did not bowl nicely with the brand new ball. He did not hit in the fitting areas. New Zealand openers Devon Conway and Finn Allen confirmed lots of aggression attacking the Indian bowlers proper from the beginning.
Hardik Pandya gave away 33 runs in his three over spell. On the opposite hand, New Zealand registered a cushty 21-run win within the first T20I of the three-match collection, using on half-centuries from openers Devon Conway and Daryl Mitchell.
Conway scored 52 off 35 balls, whereas Mitchell scored an unbeaten 59 off 30 balls. For India, Washington Sundar (2/22) took two wickets, whereas Kuldeep Yadav (1/20), Shivam Mavi (1/19) and Arshdeep took two wickets every. Singh (1/51) dismissed one batsman every.
Washington Sundar later scored his maiden half-century in T20Is, scoring 50 off 28 balls and in-form batsman Suryakumar Yadav scored 47 off 34 balls nevertheless it was not sufficient. Left-arm spinner Mitchell Santner tormented India within the center overs, conceding simply 11 runs in 4 overs and dismissing two batsmen.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
