T20 World Cup: India vs New Zealand, Post Match Presentation Highlights: Quite bizarre, says captain Kohli

T20
World
Cup,
India
vs
New
Zealand,
Highlights:
Clinical
NZ
hammer
listless
India
by
8
wickets

India,
who
returned
to
the
field
a
week
after
their
crushing
10-wicket
loss
to
Pakistan,
put
up
another
disappointing
show
as
they
lost
two
matches
on
the
trot.
Following
their
loss
to
New
Zealand,
India
is
in
serious
danger
of
losing
out
on
a
semifinal
berth
and
chances
of
Virat
Kohli’s
side
reaching
the
knockout
stages
depends
on
other
teams.

Furthermore,
with
India’s
disappointing
show
so
far,
the
question
of
Virat
Kohli’s
failure
to
once
again
win
an
ICC
trophy
comes
up.
The
outgoing
T20
skipper
who
has
failed
to
lay
hands
on
an
ICC
trophy
is
four
attempts
could
perhaps
lose
his
ODI
captaincy
following
the
disastrous
show
at
the
ongoing
tournament.

In
Dubai
on
Sunday,
Kohli
lost
to
toss
again
and
was
sent
into
bat
by
Kane
Williamson.
The
powerful
Indian
batting
lineup
once
again
crumbled
under
pressure
as
they
struggled
to
post
110
for
7
in
20
overs,
in
which
they
didn’t
score
runs
on
nine
overs
with
54
dot
balls
being
bowled
by
the
clinical
NZ
bowlers.

T20
World
Cup:
Very
disappointing
batting
performance:
Laxman
after
NZ
restricted
India
to
110/7

New
Zealand
made
mockery
of
the
target
as
Daryl
Mitchell
(49
off
35)
and
skipper
Williamson
(33
n.o
off
31)
chased
down
the
target
in
14.3
overs.
With
tonight’s
win,
the
Kiwis
bounced
back
strongly
following
their
loss
to
Pakistan.
On
the
other
hand,
the
Indians
who
put
up
an
embarrasing
show
on
the
big
stage
following
their
crushing
loss
to
Pakistan
now
stare
at
the
exit
doors.

While
New
Zealand
will
next
take
on
Scotland
on
Wednesday
(Nov.
3),
India
will
be
up
against
Afghanistan
on
the
same
day.

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Post
Match
Presentation
Highlights:

Player
of
the
match:
Ish
Sodhi
2/17

Virat
Kohli
(IND):
Quite
bizarre.
I
don’t
think
we
were
brave
enough
with
bat
or
ball.
The
bowlers
didn’t
have
much
to
defend
but
we
weren’t
brave
when
we
entered
the
field.
Everytime
we
felt
like
we’ll
take
a
chance
we
lost
a
wicket.
When
you
play
for
the
Indian
cricket
team
you
have
a
lot
of
expectations
–
not
only
from
fans,
but
players
as
well.
So
there’s
always
going
to
be
more
pressure
with
our
games
and
we’ve
embraced
it
over
the
years.
Everyone
who
plays
for
India
has
to
embrace
it.
You
need
to
learn
to
cope
with
it.
When
you
cope
together
as
a
team
you
overcome
it
and
we
haven’t
done
it
these
two
games
and
that’s
why
we
haven’t
won.
Just
because
you’re
the
Indian
team
and
there
are
expectations
doesn’t
mean
you
start
playing
differently.
I
think
we’re
fine,
there’s
a
lot
of
cricket
left
to
play.
We
have
to
be
optimistic
and
take
calculated
risks.
We
need
to
take
pride
in
performing
for
the
team
and
go
out
with
a
positive
frame
of
mind.

Kane
Williamson
(NZ):
There’s
always
planning
going
into
games.
But
a
fantastic
all-round
performance
from
us
against
a
formidable
India
side.
We
were
able
to
build
pressure
throughout
and
the
way
the
openers
came
out
really
set
the
platform.
The
balance
of
our
attack
has
two
spinners
in
it,
I
think
the
collective
unit
was
impressive,
the
way
they
kept
passing
the
baton.
We
saw
some
very
good
signs
in
our
first
match
as
well
and
we
built
on
that.
Look
you
play
against
such
strong
teams
all
the
time,
for
us
it’s
about
playing
our
game.
Ish
is
an
outstanding
T20
bowler,
white-ball
bowler
in
particular.
He’s
been
a
big
part
of
our
side,
very
experienced
and
in
these
conditions
the
two
spinners
have
been
huge.

Ish
Sodhi
(NZ):
I’m
usually
quite
big
on
pre-match
prep
but
with
this
bubble
life
we
haven’t
been
able
to
see
the
ground
before
we
get
there.
This
is
the
first
time
we’ve
set
foot
in
Dubai
and
we
had
to
adapt
quickly.
I
think
a
big
part
of
our
game
is
using
spin
in
the
middle.
I
think
Tim
Southee
getting
that
wicket
late
in
the
powerplay
was
important,
it
allowed
the
spinners
to
bowl.