Batters have to take extra accountability: Hardik Pandya

Not happy together with his group’s show with the willow, India skipper Hardik Pandya on Sunday stated batters must take extra accountability going ahead.

India put up one other underwhelming batting show because it may handle solely 152/7 within the second T20I towards the West Indies, which the host received by two wickets.

The complete was solely a contact higher than the 145/9 it managed within the first recreation.

“If I am being honest, that was not a pleasing batting performance. The wickets were falling, and the track was on the slower side. We could have batted better. 160 plus, or 170, would have been a good total.

“Batters need to take more responsibility,” Hardik stated on the post-match presentation.

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India trails the five-match sequence 0-2 with the likes of Shubman Gill, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, and Sanju Samson failing to attain runs.

“With the current combination that we have, we will have to trust our top seven batters to come good and hope the bowlers win you games. We have to find ways to make sure we have the right balance, but at the same time, batters need to take more responsibility.”

Tilak Varma has checked out ease, enjoying in his debut sequence as he scored the majority of the runs for India. “The way he has been batting, that is something we are looking at. A left-hander at No. 4 gives us a right-left combination throughout. The youngsters are coming with confidence and fearlessness.”

West Indies skipper Rovman Powell was delighted with the win. “It’s a very good position to be in. Hopefully, we can keep winning. We always knew it was going to come down to how we batted against spin. Shows cricket is a game of glorious uncertainties.”

On shuffling his bowlers all through the innings, he stated, “I realised that whenever batters go at the bowlers, they don’t go at the first over. So, I tried to eliminate that and gave my bowlers one-over spells, especially fast bowlers, because it is very hot.”