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Xtra Time Web Desk: Team India pacer Jasprit Bumrah on Sunday defended the batting unit after the loss against New Zealand in the crucial T20 World Cup 2021 clash at Dubai International Stadium. The Indian batters in order to give a cushion for the bowlers, tried to play some attacking shots but failed to do so.
“I think as a batting unit what we were trying to do is that we know in the second innings dew does play a massive factor. They tried to give us some cushion,” said Bumrah during his post-match conference.
He added, “We wanted to get extra runs that could give us an advantage in the second innings. I think in that process we played a lot of attacking shorts, attacking options. That didn’t come off today.”
On being asked how the players will cope up with two heavy defeats, Bumrah said, “As a sportsman, you face a lot of days in cricket. Some days will be good and some days would be bad. What I try to do is not get very high when good days happen and not get very low when low days happen. All of these things are always are part and parcel of a cricketer’s life. Try to stay in the moment, analyse what went wrong, what went well and try to move forward. That’s the only way that you can move forward in this game.”
Bumrah was asked the obvious question about players being fatigued given they were in bio bubble for so long and has been on the road for six months.
“Absolutely. Sometimes you need a break. You miss your family sometimes. You’ve been on the road for six months. So all of that sometimes play on the back of your mind. But when you’re on the field, you don’t think of all those things. You don’t control a lot of things, how the scheduling goes on or what tournament is played when. So obviously staying in a bubble and staying away from your family for such a long period of time does play a role on the player’s mind as well,” said Bumrah.
Lastly, on being asked whether the experience of Ravichandran Ashwin could have made a difference, Bumrah said, “In hindsight, we could say a lot of things. In hindsight we wish we could have scored a lot more runs, got a lot more wickets. But now looking at it, that obviously, he’s an experienced bowler. Obviously he adds a lot of value to the bowling attack whenever he comes. In hindsight you might say that, okay, might have made a difference but it’s too difficult to judge that right now.”
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Title: T20 World Cup 2021: “Batting unit tried to give us some cushion”: Jasprit Bumrah defends batters after loss to NZ
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Published Date: Mon, 01 Nov 2021 05:10:30 +0000
