India opener Shikhar Dhawan He lamented the fall in the middle order after the team’s loss to South Africa in the first ODI on Wednesday. “We started well and I think the wicket was slow, it was giving a little bit of turn as well. So, when you are chasing (near) 300 runs, when the middle order comes to bat, it is not easy to play the shot. Our wickets fell in heaps and it had an impact on us as a batting unit,” Dhawan said at his team’s post-match virtual press conference suffered a 31-run loss, “Of course we didn’t have a century from our team and we didn’t have a big partnership,” added the elegant left-hander, who scored a quick 79.
India’s inexplicable middle-order collapse ensured that half-centuries from Dhawan and Virat Kohli didn’t count for much.
Dhawan also praised South Africa’s Temba Bavuma (110 off 143) and Rassi van der Dussen (129 not out off 96).
When asked what was the turning point of the game, he said, “I think both the South African batsmen (batsmen) batted very well and they took the innings very deep.” According to South-Claw, he was “happy” that he did well in the game.
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“Yes, the plan was to play on merit in the beginning and it was the kind of wicket we bring back home. I was keeping my flow going, but when wickets fell, I had a big partnership in my mind.
“It was not easy to score runs for the new batsmen, the plan of the set batsmen was to take it deep but unfortunately I got out, I didn’t expect the turn but yes it happens,” Dhawan, from NRB Jab Asked how he leaves behind all the negativity after failures, Dhawan quipped, “I don’t listen to the media or read the newspapers or watch the news, that’s how I don’t take all that information to me on my own.” But I have full faith in what my game is and I stay quite calm. Ups and downs are part of life.PTI NRB BS BS
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