Rohit Sharma stresses on the need for India bowlers to do better in death overs

Blistering
knocks
by
Virat
Kohli,
Suryakumar
Yadav
and
a
late
cameo
of
25
not
out
off
16
balls
by
Hardik
Pandya
took
India
to
a
six-wicket
win
against
Australia
in
the
third
and
final
game
to
seal
the
three-match
T20I
series
2-1
here
at
the
Rajiv
Gandhi
International
Stadium
on
Sunday.

“(Areas
of
improvement),
there
are
a
lot
of
areas,
particularly,
our
death
bowling
coming
to
the
party.
Those
two
(Harshal
and
Bumrah)
who
came
in
are
coming
after
a
long
time.
Knowing
their
(Australia’s)
middle
and
lower
order
is
tough
to
bowl
at.

We
don’t
really
want
to
look
into
that.
They
are
coming
after
a
break,
they
will
take
time.
Hopefully,
they
can
get
back
in
the
groove,”
said
Rohit
Sharma
said
in
a
post-match
presentation.

“It
(Hyderabad)
is
a
special
place.
We
have
had
a
lot
of
memories
with
the
India
team
and
with
Deccan
Chargers.
It
was
a
great
occasion.
We
wanted
to
put
up
a
show,
and
we
did
that
well.

“The
biggest
positive
was
different
individuals
stepping
up
with
the
ball
and
bat.
When
you
are
sitting
back
and
watching
all
of
that
happening,
you
feel
nice
as
management,”
he
added.

“Sometimes
you
can
error
in
doing
a
lot
of
things.
This
is
T20
cricket,
and
the
margins
of
error
are
very
small.
I
thought
we
took
our
chances,
we
were
brave.
Sometimes
it
didn’t
come
off,
but
that
is
a
learning
we
will
take,”
Rohit
added.

Suryakumar
smashed
69
off
66
balls
while
Kohli
scored
63
off
48
balls
to
guide
Men
in
Blue
to
a
thrilling
run
chase
victory.

Talking
about
the
match,
Cameron
Green
smashed
52
off
21
and
a
late
blitz
of
54
runs
by
Tim
David
guided
Australia
to
post
a
competitive
total
of
186/7.

Chasing
a
target
of
187,
At
one
point,
India
was
in
trouble
at
30
for
2,
but
the
partnership
of
Kohli
and
Suryakumar
scored
104
runs
for
the
third
wicket
to
keep
the
team
in
the
game.

After
Suryakumar
was
dismissed,
Kohli
took
the
initiative.
India
needed
32
runs
in
18
balls
and
Pandya
and
Kohli’s
duo
smashed
Cummins
for
11
runs
in
the
18th
over.

In
the
second
last
over
Pandya
showed
his
great
skills
he
slammed
a
six
on
the
very
first
delivery
of
Hazlewood’s
spell.

With
11
runs
left
to
win
in
the
last
over,
Kohli
sent
the
very
first
delivery
of
Sams
for
a
six
but
was
sent
back
to
the
pavilion
after
scoring
63
runs
in
48
balls.

With
5
runs
left
to
win
in
4
balls,
Dinesh
Karthik
came
out
to
bat.
Sams
delivered
a
wide
yorker
but
Hardik
cleverly
opened
the
face
of
the
bat
and
sliced
this
fine
with
one
hand
to
get
it
to
the
boundary.

With
a
clever
boundary,
Hardik
guided
his
team
home
to
clinch
the
three-match
T20I
series
against
Australia.