The busy schedule of the Indian team are following currently did raise a few eyebrows but the skipper, Virat Kohli clarified that the team never discussed that and were firmly focused on beginning the New Zealand series with a bang. In the series opener of the five-match T20I series, the men in blue pulled off an emphatic performance at Eden Park in Auckland and won by 6 wickets as KL Rahul and Shreyas Iyer smashed half-centuries in a chase of 204. 

Talking about the same during the post-match presentation, Virat said, “We enjoyed this. Landing two days before and playing a game like this, it was fantastic. Felt like 80% support was for us and the crowd was right behind us. You need that sort of push chasing 200+. We never spoke of the jetlag in the team. We just focused on what we needed to do to win. We were looking forward to play.”

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Speaking about the performance of the team, the captain explained in conditions like these it would be difficult to pick faults. But Kohli feels that there is still a lot of room for improvement in their fielding standards. 

Kohli added, “You can’t be harsh on anyone on this kind of pitch. I think we did well in the middle overs, to restrict them under 210 was a good effort. I think fielding is one thing that we can improve on, just getting used to the ground dimensions and the ball snaking a bit.”

While Kohli and KL Rahul set-up the chase for men in blue with a good partnership of 99 runs for the second wicket, it was Iyer who steadied the ship and then took control just as the hosts began to take control of the game.

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Talking about India’s comeback, Player of the match, Shreyas Iyer said, “We had lost quick wickets and it was really important to build a partnership. We knew the ground is small and that we could cover the run rate at any time.”