The top-three of the Indian batting line-up comprising Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, and Virat Kohli has scripted several victories in the past several months. Together they form the most solid top-order in the world cricket at the moment. Riding on their spectacular run of form, India has achieved number two in both ODIs as well as T20Is rankings. In India’s most recent series win in New Zealand, they all contributed a significant amount of runs and made the job easier for the rest of the batsmen.
Meanwhile, Kiwi all-rounder Mitchell Santner opened up about the hard times he spent at the ground against Indian batsmen. He feels despite having a good strategy New Zealand failed to execute them on the field. Also, he revealed that it is difficult to get the Indian batsmen out.
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Santner quoted as saying “We are playing a very good side … I do think we’re not too far off. I think the plans have been pretty solid – maybe the execution’s been off at times. I guess the key for us is to keep taking wickets through the middle, keep being aggressive. They obviously hate getting out – just got to find ways to try and get wickets.”
He further mentioned that Indian fast bowlers bowled well in the first 10 overs.
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“With the bat, it’s trying to build those partnerships throughout. We saw a good one between Ross [Taylor] and Tom [Latham] last game, then we lost a couple and we fell over a bit. They’ve bowled very well in the top 10 and we haven’t really got away so if we can get through the first 10 [overs] with wickets in hand then set up the back-end where we’ve got some power hitters that we can get to a pretty good total,” he concluded.
India has won the series by 3-0 while two matches are yet to be played. The third One-Day International will be played tomorrow in Hamilton. Shubhman Gill is expected to make his international debut in the place of Virat Kohli, who has been rested from the last two ODIs and the whole T20I series.
