After the stunning result, Iyer refused to blame any of his players. Instead, he pointed to the dew factor in Ranchi and the nature of the pitch. Just the previous match, Shreyas Iyer scored 102* to almost single-handedly guide India to a win against the West Indies in the first T20I of the five-match series. On Friday, Iyer was at the receiving end of another 102* as West Indies captain Shai Hope scored the second-fastest T20I ton by a West Indies batter to chase down the 250-run target set by India in the second T20I.
The margin of error on this wicket was very minor. “They batted amazingly, kudos to them. Both were phenomenal in their departments. This is what we look forward to from Sanju and Abhishek and also Mayank. The momentum shifted towards them after that partnership,” he added.
Because when the dew factor comes in, it becomes difficult, “You cannot put a number to it. Even 249 was chased down with almost two overs to spare.
It was going into the stands if you just missed it by a mark,” Iyer said after the match.
West Indies captain Hope, who was named Player of the Match, admitted that the chase had looked challenging after his side slipped to five for two. “It was going to be a tough chase. Five for two was always going to be challenging. “I really believe we need to bat in partnerships.
When we got that partnership between me and Rovman, we started believing,” Hope said. I thought we were going nicely, so it was about taking calculated risks,” he said. “Amazing from Chase to bowl like that on a pitch like this,” Hope said.
