When New Zealand finished their first innings, posting 225 runs, the win looked far from the Indian cricket team's grasp. But a strong start by the opening duo of Sanju Samson and Abhishek Sharma started to shape things in favour of their team.
Sanju Samson told the media that he did have a lot of conversations with his opening partner Abhishek Sharma on how to counter the bowlers, keeping their focus intact on the required run rate. They knew very well that to accomplish the massive run chase, they needed to follow only one direction, which was smashing the New Zealand bowlers.
We just wanted to go all out: Sanju Samson on India's approach to the run-chase
Further in his explanation, Samson, who scored 67 runs off 33 balls with eight 4s and four 6s, claimed that the pitch was not an absolute batting paradise as there was movement on the ball. But as the ball was coming nicely to the bat, it became easier for the Indian batters to score runs.
"The ball was swinging around a lot, I think in the second half, a bit too much actually. But off the surface it was coming on very nicely. So I think Abhi and Abhi just felt like keeping the shape and having a very positive intent in the powerplay."
Sanju Samson on whether wicketkeeping helps him in his batting
The opener and keeper-batter of the team further mentioned that he got some idea about the nature of the pitch while doing his wicketkeeping job in the first innings of the match. But he had to readjust his batting plans as the pitch was a bit different in the second innings.
"In the first half, the ball was stopping a bit from the length area, but in the second half I think the ball was coming on very nicely with heavy dew in the outfield. So I really enjoyed the batting," Samson added.
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