India skipper Virat Kohli said on Sunday that he was surprised that Shardul Thakur was not picked man of the match for the third and final ODI against England and Bhuvneshwar Kumar missed out on the man of the series despite a strong performance. Sam Curran was awarded Man of the Match for his heroic 83-ball unbeaten 95-run defeat as India won the third ODI by seven runs to win the three-match series 2–1. Shardul took four wickets for 67 runs but gave England the victory by 18 runs in the 47th over.
England top-order batsman Johnny Bairstow received the man-of-series award for his 219 runs in three matches, including one hundred at the top of the run-scorer.
Bhubaneswar took six wickets in the series at an economy rate of 4.65 and an average of 22.50.
Kohli said in the post-match presentation, “I am surprised that Shardul was not the man of the match, and Bhuvi was not the man of the series. He is credited with bowling so well under adversity.” Wrapping the series win against the tourists in the format.
India missed at least four catches, including Qiran, to pile on under pressure, but Kohli asked him to play.
“It is most frustrating for the person who misses a catch, but as much as you are frustrated, the catches are missed and sometimes they cost you. It’s a part of the game.
“There is no lack of intention, and our body language was excellent. Eventually we got to the line,” he said.
Asked about the intensity shown by both teams in the white-ball leg, Kohli said, “When the top-two teams clash with each other, we will get exciting games. We knew that England would be throwing in the towel.” No, and Sam played a really good innings to keep him in the hunt.
He said, “However, our bowlers took wickets and it took off from us before bringing Hardik (Pandya) and Nattu (T Natarajan) into the line. This affected Prasid (Krishna) and Krunal (Pandya).” , ‘Despite the early wickets, the batting of the death overs was very good and if the top three centuries can be scored then we can score 370 and 380 runs.
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“This win has been sweet as it is against the top team in the world, and we look forward to the IPL. It has been an amazing season, series, and it was a great way to end it.”
When asked about the bio-safe bubble during this tour of England within two months, he said, “The future needs to be seen in the future, because it will be difficult to play in the bubble, and everyone has the same time all the time.” May not have the mental capacity. But I am waiting for the IPL right now.
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