Rohit, Surya and Bishnoi helped India in winning the match
India defeated West Indies by 6 wickets in the first T-20. It was brilliant performances by Rohit, Surya and Bishnoi that helped India to win the match.
Indian skipper Rohit Sharma said that he sees something in Ravi Bishnoi. Ravi took 2 wickets in the match.
"Should have finished that off a little early, wanted to be clinical. Happy with the win and we can take a lot of confidence from this game.
Restricting them to that score was a great effort from the bowlers. With the bat, we were not clinical and it's something we can learn from," Rohit told host broadcaster Star Sports at the post-match presentation.
"Someone like Shreyas Iyer is sitting out, very hard on him not making it to playing eleven but we needed someone to bowl in the middle which is why we couldn't get him in. It's always nice with that kind of competition going around and a lot of the guys are missing out as well.
I'm happy to have that kind of challenges rather than not having players available and not in form," he added.
Earlier, Nicholas Pooran starred with the bat as he played a knock of 61 runs to help West Indies post 157/7. For India, Ravi Bishnoi and Harshal Patel returned with two wickets each.
"Bishnoi is a very talented guy which is why we drafted him into the squad straight away. We see something different in him. He's got a lot of variations and skill set with him. He can bowl at any stage and it gives us a lot of options to rotate the other bowlers," said Rohit.
India is now leading the T-20 series by 1-0. The second T-20 match will be played at the same location on 18th Feb.
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