India captain KL Rahul on Sunday mentioned he trusted his batting unit to do the job for the facet regardless of dropping seven wickets whereas chasing a modest 145 on day 4 of the second Check towards Bangladesh right here.
Resuming the day at 45 for 4, India misplaced three fast wickets earlier than Ravichandran Ashwin (42 not out) and Shreyas Iyer (29 not out) shared an unbeaten 71-run for the eighth wicket to information India dwelling by three wickets and clinch the two-match collection 2-0.
“You simply belief the blokes within the center. There’s at all times perception however there have been nerves, we’re human. However we trusted the batters out,” Rahul mentioned within the post-match presentation ceremony.
“At present, Ashwin and Shreyas did it with ease and magnificence. Effectively performed to them to earn India the win. We by no means thought it’d be a cakewalk, thought we would have liked to grind and work exhausting for runs…
“It was harder with the brand new ball. We misplaced extra wickets than we’d have preferred. We’ve made errors however will look to study and hopefully put a greater efficiency if the same state of affairs arises sooner or later. Pleased with our bowling depth within the final 6-7 years,” he added.
Rahul, who led India within the collection within the absence of injured Rohit Sharma, was effusive in his reward for the crew’s bowling unit.
“The collection wins say rather a lot about how nicely we’ve groomed our tempo assault. Ashwin and Axar (Patel) have additionally performed very well. Umesh (Yadav) put his palms up, Jaydev (Unadkat) got here in after a very long time however bowled phenomenally nicely and doubtless deserved extra wickets than he received. However the stress helped Ashwin and Axar capitalise,” he mentioned.
Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan felt yet another wicket may have modified the results of the match. He, nevertheless, gave full credit score to Iyer and Ashwin for his or her gritty effort with the bat.
“Everybody contributed, we’ve performed nicely on this venue. Shreyas and Ashwin batted nicely underneath stress. We wanted yet another wicket. We are able to consider a number of ifs and buts however proud of the way in which we fought,” he mentioned.
“It was unlucky I couldn’t bowl nicely within the first Check, however completely satisfied to have performed nicely right here. The mindset of the crew makes me completely satisfied. Hopefully, we get higher outcomes subsequent 12 months.” Man-of-the-match Ashwin, who picked up six wickets and scored 42 not out in India’s second innings, mentioned he trusted his defence whereas popping out to bat on Sunday.
“I assumed Bangladesh performed very well. The sport needed to be received the exhausting approach. In these conditions, generally you are feeling you should hit your approach. They bowled nicely. However we would have liked to belief our defence. I wished to get in and assist Shreyas. Pitches had been good although they had been a contact gradual.” Cheteshwar Pujara was declared player-of-the-series for scoring 222 runs in two video games.
“It’s been a tough collection, the collection was very aggressive. I really feel I’ve discovered my rhythm. Lots of exhausting work has been put in, I’ve performed many first-class video games and have labored on my recreation,” Pujara mentioned.
“(On first-class) If you happen to take a look at the hole between Check collection, enjoying first-class helps keep up a correspondence. Every recreation is essential with the WTC and you must be on high of your recreation,” he mentioned.