Vishakhapatnam: It's frustrating because we sit as a team and we have targets about where we want to be at 10 overs, 20 overs, 30 overs, 40 overs, not only in terms of runs, but also wickets lost. At every stage, we are way ahead of our targets or on-par with where we want to be and we have lost one or two wickets too many.
In the last 10 overs, it's then left to the bowlers to negotiate and this has been something that has been happening for the last few series we have played and it makes it tough on the team.“
Judging from the series that India recently played at home against Australia, we know that 211 is not really going to be a competitive total. We had a platform to put 280 on the board. We do not know if that would have been enough, but at least it would have been a decent total, that didn't happen.
When we bowled, we were able to create some pressure, but we could not sustain and the total we had was not enough.
It's frustrating because the guys are working hard and we have what I consider to be solid plans, but we are not executing them.
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