India vs West Indies: Happy with 3-0 sweep, got what we wanted from the series, says Rohit Sharma
India Today
India vs West Indies: Captain Rohit Sharma was a happy man as his side clean-swept West Indies 3-0 in the T20I series. The skipper said India managed to achieve whatever they set out to do over the course of the 3 matches in Kolkata.
India captain Rohit Sharma said he was delighted with the series victory against the West Indies in the 3-match T20Is, adding the hosts were able to achieve whatever they set out to do. India hammered West Indies by 17 runs to complete another 3-0 whitewash as the West Indies went home without a victory on their tour.
India successfully chased down a target in the first T20I but they defended totals successfully in the last 2 T20Is. The middle-order, which was seen as a concern stepped up with Suryakumar Yadav topping the batting charts with 107 runs and Venkatesh Iyer putting his hand up and delivering with the bat with 92 runs in the 3-match series.
India vs West Indies, 3rd T20I: Highlights
India's bowling unit came under pressure in the last 2 T20Is but the likes of Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Harshal Patel stepped up and delivered.
Taking pride in the way, India defended totals on dewy evening in Kolkata, captain Rohit said: "he team that used to chase, there are not many people here from that squad. We wanted to bat first and chase as well. Because our middle order is fairly new. Happy with the series.
"Pretty much got everything that we wanted. We do understand we are very young as a team. We are still a good chasing side, but a lot of the players are missing. So we wanted the guys to understand how to bat in pressure situations. It was pleasing to see guys bailing the team out from situations. Good sign moving forward as a group and something to be proud of. The biggest takeaway from the ODIs was the middle order making it count."
"I was very impressed with our seam bowling in ODIs. And even here. Harshal is new. Avesh is on debut. Shardul is in and out. So challenge for us was to give them game time and see how they respond. When you play against a team like West Indies, you can test your batting and bowling. They bat very deep. It was a good challenge to defend in both games," he added.
