India captain Hardik Pandya accepts the responsibility after India lost the five-match T20I series to the West Indies after 6-years. India on Sunday 13th August lost the fifth-match (decider match) by 8-wickets.
Earlier, India won the toss and decided to bat first, Batting first Indian openers failed to perform Jaiswal and Shubman Gill lost their wickets within 17 runs, Suryakumar Yadav scored the highest for the team, he scored 61 of 45 balls and Tilak Varma added 27 runs, the whole middle order and lower order couldn’t cross 15 runs mark and India set a target of 165 runs for West Indies to chase.
Chasing the target Brandon King destroyed the whole Indian bowling and scored a maiden 85 off 55 balls, Pooran added 47 runs which helped the West Indies grab the trophy.
Taking responsibility Pandya said:
“If you see, we lost that period post 10 overs. Since when I came, I wasn’t able to capitalise and I took my time and could not finish, I believe that as a group we have to challenge ourselves.” Pandya said after the match.
“All these games are the games where we have to learn. We have spoken as a group that whenever we can take the hard way we will. In hindsight, one series here or there doesn’t matter but the commitment to the goal is important,”
“It’s a long way. We have the ODI World Cup coming up. And sometimes losing is good. You get to learn a lot. And a special mention for all the boys. They showed great character. Winning and losing is a part of the process and we are going to make sure we learn from that. It is what I feel at the moment, I don’t plan much. If I see a situation, whatever my gut says I follow, ”
“They’ve got heart. That is very important in international cricket. Every youngster coming through has belief. That’s something I see very often now. Kudos to them, they came out and took responsibility. I can’t be happier as a captain,” he added.