There will be a plethora of expectations from the Indian youngsters ahead of next year’s T20 World Cup but India leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal revealed that they have no pressure from the management and they just need to ensure that mistakes are not repeated. India has a field a lot of youngsters for the T20 series against Bangladesh keeping in mind the World T20 in Australia.
Ahead of the second T20I against Bangladesh, Chahal said, “The 11 that are playing now, and the players who are there in the 15-member squad they know their roles, it is not like someone is going out after playing one or two matches. A couple of matches can go wrong but there is no pressure from the management. The only thing is that we shouldn’t repeat the mistakes that we commit in any particular match.”
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India suffered a seven-wicket loss against a young Bangladesh in the opening match of the three-game T20I series in New Delhi on Sunday and Chahal insisted that the team will look to start afresh.
Talking to the reporters on Tuesday, Chahal said, “I think we are positive. It is not like we haven’t lost the first match of any series and didn’t go on to win the series. The first match is done, if you think about the last match then negatives will come into mind. Before we came here, we have forgotten about that loss and we are making a fresh start and the entire 15 are focussed and positive, and hopefully, we will win tomorrow.”
The victory was Bangladesh’s first over India in the shortest format.
Asked if there was pressure on the team ahead of the second T20I, Chahal said: “It is not about pressure. It is a three-game series, not a knockout game, so obviously one will win one will loss, and that day they played better than us. “We are one down and still two matches to go and obviously if we believe in ourself we will come back.”
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Talking about his bowling in the first T20I, Chahal said: “Whenever I bowl, I vary the pace because otherwise, it becomes easy for the batsmen if you bowl at the same pace. The wicket was such there that if you vary the pace it will get difficult for batsmen because the ball was turning, so you need to vary the length according to the batsman.”
Asked how he is dealing with the challenge of leading a young bowling attack, Chahal said he thinks that the bowling we have, everyone has played 30-40 IPL games, and they have a good experience. I just played a few extras T20Is compared to them.
Bangladesh is missing their veteran cricketers like — Shakib Al Hasan and Tamim Iqbal — but Chahal said even without the duo they are a confident team.
The Indian leg-spinner explained, “Last time when I played against Bangladesh at the Nidahas Trophy, they had played the finals, so both the teams are the same, it is just that this team is missing two main players and if you look at all the 15 players, even the newcomers look so confident. So it is a confident team.”
