India captain Shreyas Iyer on Sunday praised his bowlers for their clarity and decisiveness, adding that the dry ball helped them stick to their plans while defending 223 in the third T20I against West Indies here at the Holkar Stadium on Sunday.
“The clarity was much more visible. Because the bowlers were pretty confident with what they wanted to execute, “It was wonderful. With the bowlers led by Arshdeep Singh’s 3-44 at their best, especially in bowling yorkers in the death overs, India sealed a 14-run win to go 2-1 up in the five-match series.
They were decisive in their execution and when I was passing the ball to them, each and every bowler was up for the challenge and that’s what you want,” said Shreyas at the conclusion of the game.
“So many things you can put your finger on. But cricket games have small margins. As a winning team, you can pick out defining moments. “Probably with the ball, we could have executed better and we let a few boundaries through. I believe that the way we came back into the game was quite commendable. From the outset, if you look at that partnership, it was a very dangerous one, but we got some wickets with Roston, and we pulled it back. He also admitted the team needed a stronger top three in the batting the order, but did not want to blame one or two players. “We have to find a good opening partnership to lay the platform but can’t point your finger on one or two guys.
West Indies captain Shai Hope said the bowlers could have done better and that the dew-free conditions had played a part in them ending up at 209/7.
