Need to look in mirror and improve: JP Duminy on SA batting

JOHANNESBURG: Batting has been South Africa's "Achilles' heel" all the way through the continued collection against India, conceded captain JP Duminy, who feels each one in every of his staff's senior gamers need to "look in the mirror" and reinforce.

"Unfortunately from a batting perspective, that's been our Achilles' heel throughout this Indian tour in the short format. As players and as senior batters we have to take responsibility for that," Duminy said after South Africa misplaced the primary Twenty20 International through 28 runs, chasing 204 for victory.

"We've were given to appear ourselves in the mirror, ask how we can reinforce and get well. Hopefully that improves come Wednesday.

"You are going to go via classes for your career, the place you undergo slumps, be it a senior player or a new player. Unfortunately, all through the collection relatively a couple of senior gamers have come up short, including myself. It's been a dark ODI collection and these days as well," he added.

Duminy, on the other hand, defended his bowlers for focused on Indian batsmen with short balls, a technique that didn't relatively work. The Men in Blue took a 1-Zero lead in the three-match collection.

"It's going to return right down to execution of our skills. If we execute a plan well, it's doubtlessly going to work. But sadly with our plans in place, we didn't execute as well as we would have liked.

"I still believe and feel the plans are good, but especially when it's a shorter format you have to execute well. Unfortunately there were few missed opportunities throughout the innings. But we'll definitely come back stronger. I firmly believe that," he said.

Duminy rejected suggestions that the morale is down in the Proteas dressing room at this time, having already misplaced the ODI collection 1-Five.

"I in truth do not consider that we're shedding our heads, or our frame language is unhealthy. Naturally when you put down opportunities, there might be some moping round, and you've got to check out and get your self up as temporarily as imaginable particularly in a big game like that.

"You are going to really feel a bit of down and it's only herbal, however in professional recreation you have to give you the chance to get again up and I felt within a couple of balls we for sure did," he added.

Indian batsmen countered the short-ball plan and powered their approach through the first six overs. They finished with 203/Five, their perfect T20 general against South Africa.

Duminy felt that given the good batting prerequisites, it was once a chaseable goal.

"They have been 100 after eight overs, so at that point you are looking at most certainly 220 or 240, and I believed the way in which the blokes came again was once exceptional. I used to be beautiful proud of chasing 204.

"...the mindset and plan was an aggressive one which was to try and take wickets and with that, there are going to be times when you leak a few boundaries," he added.

Duminy cited the example of Rohit Sharma's dismissal to show that the short-ball plan did work to an extent. At the similar time, he lamented his bowlers' lack of revel in in executing it consistently.

He also said that South Africa need a proper plan B for the second one T20I at Centurion on Wednesday.

"Where we have come short was once assessing prerequisites as temporarily as imaginable, which was once the plan, once more. If you look at how Rohit were given out, that was once a plan we put in combination and it came off.

"They (South African bowlers) are inexperienced with regards to world cricket, however they are very experienced with regards to home cricket and what they've done at home level. They have a high same old with regards to execution however It's not that i am blaming that," he explained.

Dumiy said high totals in shorter codecs are the norm at this time and it's his staff's batting, which needs to return excellent.

"You will leak runs in this format so even though we went for 200, from the way in which we started to the way in which we came again, there were a variety of positives. If those plans had worked absolutely, we would not be having this conversation. Plan B is one thing to be looked into for Wednesday," he said.

Reeza Hendricks and Ferhaan Behardien supplied a set-up to stabilise the South African innings however it wasn't enough in a tall chase.

"They gave us a possibility in the game. Especially in this format, with wickets in hand you give your self the best chance to win the sport. Those are the sorts of positives to take out of it and as teammates need to feed off that positivity. Hopefully we take that into the following game," said Duminy.

At the similar time, he was once appreciative of Bhuvneshwar Kumar's skill which noticed the pacer select up his first five-wicket haul in T20Is.

"Bhuvi's lengths are one thing we can look into. But in the event you look at his first three wickets it was once slower balls. He's a skillful bowler and he is been in this format for a long time," he said.

Duminy promised a robust comeback in the second one T20 in Centurion.

"You have to give you the chance to get again in your feet and fire once more on Wednesday. That's all you can do at this level. You should not have many places to cover, you have to entrance up," he signed off.