Indian fast bowler Harshit Rana, who bagged a couple of wickets on Sunday, explained what Shubman Gill is like as a captain. According to the Delhi sailor, Shubman is a “free and aggressive captain”. Rana said the Firozpur native gives his players the freedom to express themselves on the field.
“He is a free and aggressive captain. When he has to make a decision, he thinks in advance that he has to do that thing and then he doesn’t worry about it. Personally I like that, being a free captain means giving the freedom to players to do what they want to do on the field. That is one of the best qualities I like about him!” Rana said at the post-match press conference.
Indian pacers Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna and Rana took two wickets each on Sunday to restrict New Zealand to 300/8 on a decent batting track. Daryl Mitchell top scored for the Kiwis with a 71-ball 84.
In reply, India lost the wicket of Rohit Sharma in the ninth over before Shubman and Virat Kohli reached a decisive 118-run stand. The former scored 56 off 71 balls before being dismissed by Adithya Ashok. Kohli fell just seven runs short of his 54th ODI century.
Shreyas Iyer played an important knock of 49 runs off 47 deliveries before KL Rahul took the team home with an unbeaten 21-ball 29.
The action now shifts to Rajkot where the two teams will meet in the second ODI at the Niranjan Shah Stadium on Wednesday, January 14.
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