Published: Jul 01, 2017, 03:54 PM (IST)
Edited: Jul 01, 2017, 04:01 PM (IST)
India captain Virat Kohli was happy with a clinical performance in the third ODI and hinted at making some changes in the playing XI, providing game time to all those who have not yet played in the ongoing series. Rishabh Pant, Dinesh Karthik and Mohammed Shami are yet to get a game, and it won’t surprise anyone if two of them – Pant and Shami – get a chance in the next match itself. “We will surely look into [making changes]. We have quite a few players who haven’t had a game in a while,” Kohli assured that everyone would get a fair chance, something that chairman of selectors MSK Prasad has also recently reiterated.
It’ll be interesting to see who will be left out of the playing XI, considering that everybody has been in good nick. While the top three batted brilliantly in the second ODI, it was the pair of MS Dhoni and Kedar Jadhav who helped India get past the 250-run mark in the last match. The bowling unit has also done well with all of them among the wickets.
Kohli also said that the opposition made good use of winning the toss and complimented their bowlers. “I think it was a clinical performance again. Early on, there was quite a bit of moisture, it was a good toss to win, and they bowled really well. It was a good batting effort to get us to 250. The wicket played much better in the second innings. The bowlers created pressure and got breakthroughs at the right moments. It’s about putting your hand up at the right time, it’s about how many people can stand up and put in those performances,” the skipper said at the post-match presentation ceremony.
