PUNE: Opener Shikhar Dhawan credited the bowlers for India's six-wicket win, announcing they did half the task by way of limiting New Zealand to a modest total in the second one-dayer here on Wednesday.
India below power produced a professional efficiency to beat the Kiwis by way of six wickets to stage the three-match sequence 1-1. The sequence decider will be played in Kanpur on October 29.
Shikhar's 68 and an unbeaten 64 by way of Dinesh Karthik saw India overhaul the modest 230-run target with four overs to spare at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium here.
"Absolutely, 230 is not too much in these times. The bowlers bowled really well and the fielders backed them up well. The bowlers had done half the job actually for us. The pressure of chasing 230 is naturally always less compared to chasing 300. It's good we are on a winning run," Dhawan informed journalists at the publish tournament media briefing.
"There was no seam movement when India bowled and the Indian bowlers bowled very tight lines and did the job for us. We played their pacers better than they played our pacers," added the 31-year-old Delhi batsman.
Dhawan additionally heaped praise on pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who returned with spectacular figures of Three-45. "He (Bhuvneshwar) has raised his bar and I feel he is at a very high level. His control over the bowling is very good. Not just at the start but other variations. Even when he bowls slower ball and knuckle ball he makes sure he lands it in the right areas," he mentioned.
"The means he got that left-hander out (Colin Munro), it was as a result of he pitched that ball in the suitable area and even if comes within the dying over, he's the most productive bowler. Best bowler on the earth I assume, the best way he bowls Yorkers.
"I've seen him within the IPL and within the Indian crew, he has bowled constantly neatly. He has improved so much. And I feel that he has got numerous trust in himself and that's the reason what's showing available in the market," added Dhawan, who was Bhuvi's crew mate in Sunrisers Hyderabad within the IPL.
Dhawan additionally showered praise on Dinesh Karthik, announcing his skills of rotating the strike makes him one of the most highest middle-order batsman.
"About Dinesh I can say that he has labored hard and scored so many runs in domestic (cricket) that he's being rewarded for that and has made a spot within the crew again. He is without doubt one of the highest center order player, with the skills and shots he has and he's proving himself.
"The means he played the knock these days and within the closing recreation when the crew was in bother, his 30-35 runs, were really useful. When he bats, his strike rotation is good, which reduces power at the different batsman.
"Like these days, I wasn't in a position to rotate the strike, but Dinesh was doing that, so I used to be not pressurized. So it benefits the crew if a player like him rotates the strike once he comes," mentioned Dhawan, who notched up his 22nd ODI fifty within the recreation.
Dhawan mentioned the crew control decided to send Hardik Pandya up the order to put power at the Kiwis. "Dinesh has been doing neatly and they (the crew control) wanted to send Hardik (up the order) and take the sport clear of the opposition and that's the reason what Hardik was trying available in the market and it went our means," he added.
"I used to be a bit stunned with their resolution to bat first as a result of there might be dew within the night time usually throughout this time. But it wasn't a foul monitor to bat on even within the first innings additionally, it was a good wicket.
"When we were batting we thought it slowed down a bit, the ball wasn't coming that nicely the way it should come," Dhawan signed off.
India below power produced a professional efficiency to beat the Kiwis by way of six wickets to stage the three-match sequence 1-1. The sequence decider will be played in Kanpur on October 29.
Shikhar's 68 and an unbeaten 64 by way of Dinesh Karthik saw India overhaul the modest 230-run target with four overs to spare at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium here.
"Absolutely, 230 is not too much in these times. The bowlers bowled really well and the fielders backed them up well. The bowlers had done half the job actually for us. The pressure of chasing 230 is naturally always less compared to chasing 300. It's good we are on a winning run," Dhawan informed journalists at the publish tournament media briefing.
"There was no seam movement when India bowled and the Indian bowlers bowled very tight lines and did the job for us. We played their pacers better than they played our pacers," added the 31-year-old Delhi batsman.
Dhawan additionally heaped praise on pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who returned with spectacular figures of Three-45. "He (Bhuvneshwar) has raised his bar and I feel he is at a very high level. His control over the bowling is very good. Not just at the start but other variations. Even when he bowls slower ball and knuckle ball he makes sure he lands it in the right areas," he mentioned.
"The means he got that left-hander out (Colin Munro), it was as a result of he pitched that ball in the suitable area and even if comes within the dying over, he's the most productive bowler. Best bowler on the earth I assume, the best way he bowls Yorkers.
"I've seen him within the IPL and within the Indian crew, he has bowled constantly neatly. He has improved so much. And I feel that he has got numerous trust in himself and that's the reason what's showing available in the market," added Dhawan, who was Bhuvi's crew mate in Sunrisers Hyderabad within the IPL.
Dhawan additionally showered praise on Dinesh Karthik, announcing his skills of rotating the strike makes him one of the most highest middle-order batsman.
"About Dinesh I can say that he has labored hard and scored so many runs in domestic (cricket) that he's being rewarded for that and has made a spot within the crew again. He is without doubt one of the highest center order player, with the skills and shots he has and he's proving himself.
"The means he played the knock these days and within the closing recreation when the crew was in bother, his 30-35 runs, were really useful. When he bats, his strike rotation is good, which reduces power at the different batsman.
"Like these days, I wasn't in a position to rotate the strike, but Dinesh was doing that, so I used to be not pressurized. So it benefits the crew if a player like him rotates the strike once he comes," mentioned Dhawan, who notched up his 22nd ODI fifty within the recreation.
Dhawan mentioned the crew control decided to send Hardik Pandya up the order to put power at the Kiwis. "Dinesh has been doing neatly and they (the crew control) wanted to send Hardik (up the order) and take the sport clear of the opposition and that's the reason what Hardik was trying available in the market and it went our means," he added.
"I used to be a bit stunned with their resolution to bat first as a result of there might be dew within the night time usually throughout this time. But it wasn't a foul monitor to bat on even within the first innings additionally, it was a good wicket.
"When we were batting we thought it slowed down a bit, the ball wasn't coming that nicely the way it should come," Dhawan signed off.
Our bowlers did half the job: Shikhar Dhawan
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