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| ‘Analyze, move forward ‘, says Bumrah after second World Cup loss |
As a sportsman, you face a lot of days in cricket. Some days will be good and some days will be bad,”Indian bowlers says
DUBAI: Deposit a crushing eight-wicket defeat to New Zealand,India’s
Jaspirt Bumrah said they will “analyze and move forward” to keep their T20
World Cup hopes alive.
Trent Boult led An inspired bowling attack to help New Zealand hand
India a second successive loss of the Super 12 stage after keeping Virat Kohli’s
team down to 110-7 in Dubai.
Daryl Mitchell (49) and Skipper Kane Williamson (33 not out ) put
on 72 runs for the second wicket as the Kiwis romped home with 33 balls to
spare.
But Bumrah remains positive that india, who came in as tournament favourites
but went down to rivals Pakistan by 10 wickets in their opener, will bounce back.
“As a sportsman, you face lot of days in cricket. Some days will be
good and some days will be bad, “ Bumrah, who took the only two wickets to fall
in the New Zealand innings, told reporters.
“All of these things are always part and parcel of cricketer’s
life. Try to stay in the moment, analyze what went wrong, what went well and
try to move forward. That’s the only way you can move forward in this game.”
India face a daunting task to make the final four as they are
placed fifth in their group led by Pakistan who have won all their three
matches.
India next play Afghanistan, who are with two wins from three
matches, in a must-win match in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday.
The famed Indian batting line-up including Kohli and Rohit Sharma
faltered against a lethal New Zealand who won the toss and opted to field
first.
Boult (3-20) and leg-spinner Is Sochi Shares five wickets to corner
India on a wicket that become better to bat in the second innings.
“We know that in the second innings dew does play a massive factor.
We (our batters) tried to give us some cushion (to the bowlers), tried to get
some extra runs that could give us the advantage in the second innings,” said
Bumrah.
“In doing that process, we played a lot of attacking shots that
didn’t come off.”
He added: “In the second innings when we are bowling, the length
ball was not holding up while in the first innings the pick and pulls were not
coming off when they were bowling length balls and shot-making was difficult.”
Bumrah also talked of bubble fatigue “creeping in” after coming
into the tournament directly from the Indian Premier League(IPL) which was completed
in the United Arab Emirates two days before the start of T20’s showpiece event.
Meanwhile Sochi, who turned 29 on Sunday, got received the perfect
birthday gift with a man of the match award in his team’s first victory in the
Super 12 stage.
But the leg-spinner praised his team’s pace bowlers including
Boult, Tim Soothe and Adam Milne for a combined show that dismantled India.
“(Credit to) the power play bowlers for keeping it really tight.
And Trent Boult and Tim Southee, obviously starwalts in New Zealand cricket,”
said the Indian-born Sodhi.
“But I thought Adam Milne had a tough over (first over went for 15)
but he came back exceptionally well and finished with some pretty good figures
(1-30) on that wicket.
“I think as a collective, the team bowling performance was a pretty
good one.”
New Zealand are third in the
group after they lost their opener to Pakistan.
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