The Indian conditions allow batters to put even good balls away for boundaries and that played a part in Australia’s successful chase of 209 in the first T20I, feels Matthew Wade and he further added that experience has made him a lot wiser and he doesn’t rush into playing attacking strokes.
The Indian side had a very bad tournament of the recent Asia Cup in UAE while they have seen struggling with the bowling and couldn’t defend a handsome target in the mega event. The same things are seen in the first T20 game against Australia.
India posted a 200-plus target on the board but they couldn’t defend this huge target and Australia chased down the score with four balls to spare.
The Indian conditions allow batters to put even good balls away for boundaries and that played a part in Australia’s successful chase of 209 in the first T20I, feels Matthew Wade.
The most experienced wicketkeeper batter scored an unbeaten 45 off 21 balls after Cameron Green’s 61 off 30 balls as the visitors made short work of an overwhelming target on Tuesday night.
Speaking about his job as a finisher, the 34-year-old Wade said the experience has made him a lot wiser and he doesn’t rush into playing attacking strokes.
“The run rate dictates the way you have to play. Grounds like we play in India, you hit the ball in the ground and you can still find the boundaries that put a lot of pressure on the bowlers,”
said Wade in the post-match press conference.
“They bowled me some yorkers and I managed to put them away. That keeps you calm, in the middle.”
With the way the wicket played, Wade said they backed themselves to win the game.
“The way that we structured up today and the way that we drove the game early gave us every opportunity at the back end to win the game. Everybody that stepped out had really good intent; even (Josh) Inglis’s was a small inning but it keeps the momentum of the innings rolling.
“At seven and eight, through that period, kind of puts a lot of pressure on down to the back end as you need 15 an over. So as a team and Tim, I thought we found a way to drive the game tonight, which was nice.
“It was a good wicket and a bit of dew came in. The outfield was beautiful as well. We have got a lot of depth to find a way to chase big scores,”
said the southpaw.
Mathew Wade was all praise for Green for his outstanding knock in the game.
“He impresses every time I have seen him play. Saw him at Western Australia a couple of years ago; he was a bowler who batted at nine. To see where he is now is quite remarkable. The Coach and captain feel it is the best spot for him to find his feet in T20 cricket.
“He copped a bit of tap in the last over (of India’s innings). To turn around and give this performance these are a good sign. We feel Greeny is our top-order player; if something happens, we need to pull him for the World Cup.”