XtraTime Web Desk: Indian cricket team faced a big loss by 86 runs in the second ODI at Lord’s against England as the hosts leveled the series 1-1 with the decider to be played on Tuesday. After the loss India’s ace wrist spinner Yuzvendra Chahal talked with the media where he opened up about the team’s performance. As per Chahal India’s skipper Virat Kohli’s wicket was the turning point of the match because a good partnership was going on during that period.
“I think the turning point was the wicket of Virat Kohli. Because a good partnership was going on. When you chase 322, you need wickets in the end. I also think their spinners bowled well. The way Moeen started, the boundaries weren’t coming. We could only get one or two runs and the asking rate was climbing, so there was pressure on the batsmen. You can say their spinners bowled well in the middle overs,” said Chahal at the post match press-conference.
Former India skipper Mahendra Singh honi too batted very slow as he scored 37 runs from just 59 deliveries. Chahal backed Dhoni’s innings as well by saying that at thee end Dhoni didn’t get much support from others.
“Because later on there were only me, Siddarth and Kuldeep, so it wasn’t like 2-3 batsmen were remaining. I think throughout the series Dhoni hasn’t batted, so this was a chance to get a knock. Because if he had hit a shot and gotten out, maybe we couldn’t have batted all 50 overs,” added Chahal.