T20 World Cup: Skipper Rohit Admits India Fell Little Short with the Bat

TIL Desk Sports/ India captain Rohit Sharma admitted that his team fell a little short with the bat in their five-wicket loss to South Africa in Sunday’s Group 2 match in Super 12s of men’s T20 World Cup at Perth Stadium.

On a typically pacy and bouncy Perth pitch, South Africa’s bowlers, led by Lungi Ngidi’s 4/29, called the shots early on. They used speed and short balls to excellent effect to reduce India to 49/5 in 8.3 overs. Suryakumar Yadav stood up to make a counter-attacking 68 off 40 balls and shared a stand of 52 for the sixth wicket with Dinesh Karthik, who contributed with only six runs in the partnership, as India made a decent 133/9 in 20 overs, which South Africa chased down with two balls to spare.

“We expected the pitch to have something in it, with the weather around. We knew there will be help for the seamers. Which is why you saw that 130 was not an easy chase. We fell a little short with the bat. I thought we fought well till the end but South Africa played well in the end,” said Rohit in the post-match presentation ceremony.