New Delhi: In the fourth T20 match played against West Indies in Hyderabad, the Indian team had to face defeat by 24 runs. In this match, Indian bowlers gave away a lot of runs, after which questions are being raised on their performance. After the defeat, discussion started regarding the pitch also. However, former Indian captain Sunil Gavaskar talked about focusing on the mistakes of the bowlers instead of blaming the pitch. He believes that it is not right to blame circumstances for poor bowling.
It was not the pitch but the mistakes of the bowlers that became the problem.
Sunil Gavaskar, during a conversation on GeoHotstar, said that bowlers should take responsibility for their mistakes. If the bowlers bowl full toss balls to the batsmen, then what is the fault of the pitch? He said that the Indian bowlers bowled on the wrong length on many occasions, of which the West Indies batsmen took full advantage. Gavaskar also said that during the partnership between Tilak Verma and Nitish Kumar Reddy, the West Indies bowlers also bowled some bad balls, but they later changed their strategy and used yorkers with the right length. This change gave him a chance to return to the match.
West Indies made a big score with Shai Hope's century
Batting first in the Hyderabad T20, West Indies scored 247 runs for three wickets. Shai Hope performed brilliantly and played an unbeaten inning of 102 runs. At the same time, Shimron Hetmyer increased the pressure on the Indian bowlers by scoring 33 runs in just 12 balls.
The Indian team, which came to chase the target, also scored runs quickly. Sanju Samson played an inning of 56 runs in 23 balls. Tilak Verma and Nitish Kumar Reddy also tried to take the team closer to victory, but West Indies bowlers restricted India to 223 runs by taking wickets at crucial times.
The captain also told about the challenge of the pitch
Indian captain Shreyas Iyer admitted that the pitch had slowed down a bit in the middle overs of the match and extra bounce was also seen. He praised the West Indies bowlers and said that they changed their strategy according to the circumstances. With this victory, West Indies leveled the five-match T20 series 2-2. Now all eyes will be on the bowling of the Indian team in the decisive match.