Jasprit Bumrah lists reasons for India’s defeat to NZ: ‘Dew, high-risk shots, bubble fatigue’

Trent
Boult
and
Ish
Sodhi
starred
with
the
ball
before
Daryl
Mitchell
smashed
49
off
35
to
help
New
Zealand
defeat
India
by
eight
wickets
on
Sunday
(October
31).

“As
a
sportsman,
you
face
a
lot
of
days
in
cricket.
Some
days
will
be
good
and
some
days
would
be
bad.
What
I
try
to
do
is
not
get
very
high
when
good
days
happen
and
not
get
very
low
when
low
days
happen.

“All
of
these
things
are
always
are
part
and
parcel
of
a
cricketer’s
life.
Try
to
stay
in
the
moment,
analyse
what
went
wrong,
what
went
well
and
try
to
move
forward.

“That’s
the
only
way
that
you
can
move
forward
in
this
game,”
said
Bumrah
during
a
virtual
post-match
press
conference.

“We
don’t
have
discussions.
I’m
not
here
trying
to
teach
what
the
batsmen
should
do.
But
what
we
were
focusing,
as
I
told
before
as
well,
that
we
realised
that
once
you
lose
the
toss,
the
wicket
changes
in
the
second
innings,”
he
added.

India
was
restricted
to
110/7
in
the
allotted
twenty
overs
against
New
Zealand.

No
batter
was
able
to
stay
at
the
crease
for
a
long
haul,
and
what
followed
was
a
lacklustre
performance.

“So
obviously
I
felt
that
we
wanted
to
give
the
cushion,
and
it
was
a
discussion
that
we
want
to
give
the
cushion
to
the
bowlers.

“And
that
happened.
So
in
that
I
think
we
went
attacking
a
little
early.
And
the
longer
boundaries
actually
came
into
play.

“They
used
their
slower
balls
where
they
used
the
wicket
quite
well
to
their
advantage
and
they
made
it
difficult
for
our
batters
to
play
the
big
shots,”
said
Bumrah.

“The
singles
were
not
there
on
the
offer,
so
they
were
playing
attacking
shots.
High
risk
shots
were
always
there.
I
think
that
was
the
summary
of
what
happened
today.
And
that’s
for
everyone
to
see,”
he
added.

Bumrah
said
India
wanted
to
have
extra
runs
which
made
the
side
go
on
the
field
with
an
attacking
mindset.

“It’s
not
very
easy.
But
that
is
the
challenge
that
you’ll
have
to
take
extra
responsibility.
That
was
the
communication.

“Obviously,
it’s
difficult.
That’s
why
everybody
was
playing
an
evening
game
is
choosing
to
bowl
first,
because
there’s
a
massive
difference.

“So
we
understand
that.
We
knew
that.
And
our
batters
did
understand
that
they
have
to
give
the
cushion
if
they’re
batting
first,”
said
Bumrah.

“So
they
tried
their
best.
Obviously,
it
didn’t
come
off
today.
But
the
communication
was
clear
and
everybody
knew
what
the
situation
of
the
game
is
and
where
they’re
heading,”
he
added.

Bubble
fatigue

Bumrah
also
opened
about
the
bio-bubble
fatigue
that
cricketers
are
facing
during
the
COVID-19
pandemic.

With
months
of
playing
franchise
and
international
cricket
in
the
bubble,
players
have
often
complained
about
fatigue
and
Bumrah
reiterated
the
same.

“Absolutely,
you
need
a
break
sometimes.
You
miss
your
family.
You
have
been
on
the
road
for
six
months.
So
all
of
that
sometimes
play
on
the
back
of
your
mind
but
when
you
are
on
the
field,
you
don’t
think
about
all
of
those
things.

“You
don’t
control
a
lot
of
things.
All
the
scheduling
goes
on
or
what,
what
tournament
is
played
when.
So
obviously
staying
in
a
bubble
and
staying
away
from
your
family
for
such
a
long
period
of
time
does
play
a
role
on
players’ minds
as
well,”
Bumrah
said.

“But
BCCI
has
also
tried
their
best
to
make
us
feel
comfortable.
This
is
the
time
in
which
we
are
living
right
now.
It’s
a
difficult
time.

“There
is
a
pandemic
going
on.
We
try
to
adapt
but
sometimes
bubble
fatigue,
mental
fatigue
also
creeps
in
and
you
are
doing
the
same
thing
again
and
again.
It
is
what
it
is
and
you
can’t
control
a
lot
of
it
here,” he
added.

Ashwin’s
absence

Bumrah
also
said
star
spinner
R
Ashwin
adds
a
lot
of
value
to
the
team
but
whether
his
presence
had
made
a
difference
against
New
Zealand
is
difficult
to
judge
following
the
team’s
defeat.

Bumrah
said
in
hindsight
numerous
questions
can
be
answered
but
during
the
game,
there
was
dew
in
the
second
innings
which
made
things
a
little
tough
for
India.

“In
hindsight,
we
can
say
a
lot
of
things.
In
hindsight
we
could
have
wished
to
score
a
lot
more
runs
or
got,
lost
more
wickets.

“Obviously,
he
(R
Ashwin)
is
an
experienced
bowler,
he
adds
a
lot
of
value
in
our
bowling
attack
whenever
he
comes.

“But
in
hindsight,
it
is
very
difficult
as
I
told
you
there
is
dew
in
second
innings
and
when
the
balls
don’t
grip
the
options
becomes
very
rare
and
very
little.

“In
hindsight
you
may
say
he
might
have
made
a
difference
but
it
is
too
difficult
to
judge
right
now,” Bumrah
said.