After India’s 40-run defeat, Team India’s captain Virat Kohli conceded that his batsmen “were not good enough” on the day as they failed to dominate the New Zealand bowlers.
“Eventually, we were not good enough with the bat. When you are chasing 200, all the batsmen need to chip in, or one batsman has to keeping going at a 200 strike-rate. Tried to do my best. MS was very good at the end. But we were left with a very difficult task. It happens to a lot of batsmen, sometimes you are in good form, but you don’t get enough balls,” Kohli said.
He also praised New Zealand batsmen for a strong showing.
“I thought New Zealand were really good with the bat early on. We didn’t take our chances, yes, but at once stage they were looking to get 235-240 and credit to Bumrah and Bhuvi to pull things back,” Kohli further added.
