“It’s sometimes difficult to pick a XI because all of them are confident and all of them play well in the nets. As a captain, I couldn’t ask anything more. All of us had the same dream to play for India and I don’t think too much about expectations. If you play with that baggage, you’re under pressure. You have to learn to manage the expectations and keep it on the side,” Bumrah stated all the way through the post-match presentation.
Bumrah, who himself is coming round again to world cricket with this sequence upcoming an extended 11-month shock layoff, reiterated that he’s feeling just right and is excited to be again.
“Feeling good. Today, I could run in and bowl a little faster. We wanted to put runs on the board and we thought the pitch would get slower. It did get slower. Happy to be back and couldn’t have asked for anything more,” Bumrah added.
Younger Republic of India batter Rinku Singh introduced his arrival on the world degree with a wide ranging knock of 38 off 21 balls within the competition. The left-hander smoked 3 maximums and two fours time scoring his runs at a crash fee of 180.95.
For his cameo, the assured Rinku used to be adjudged Guy-of-the-Fit on Sunday.
“I was confident and trying to use the IPL experience. Was trying to take the game deep. Been playing cricket for ten years and getting rewarded for the hard work. Happy to get the Man-of-the-Match award in the first game I’ve batted in international cricket,” Rinku stated.
