Dravid: WI sequence loss has proven India wants batting depth

India went in with 4 No. 11s in every of the 5 T20Is in opposition to West Indies this month. Their lack of batting depth on this tour has been a giant speaking level and it seems the workforce administration is aware of it as properly. Head coach Rahul Dravid admitted that they had been hamstrung by the choices they'd - or the shortage thereof - after ending on the wrong end of a 3-2 scoreline.

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"I think in terms of our squad here, probably it didn't allow us the flexibility in some ways to be able to change the combinations a little bit," he mentioned within the post-match press convention. "But I think going forward, we've got to look at certain areas in which we can get better. Finding depth in our batting has been an area we are trying to address. We are trying to do the best we possibly can but that's certainly an area we can look at, how we cannot weaken our bowling attack but ensure we have a certain amount of depth in batting.

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"As these video games are occurring, and scores have gotten larger and larger, in the event you take a look at West Indies, they'd Alzarri Joseph coming in at No. 11 and he can hit a imply ball. So you will have sides which have that depth. Obviously, we have now some challenges on that entrance and we have to work on that. It's definitely one thing that this sequence has proven us and we have to construct on that depth."

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Jaiswal, Tilak and Mukesh impress Dravid

The gamers who did get a chance within the West Indies made probably the most of it. Jaiswal struck a century on Test debut and a match-winning half-century within the T20Is as properly. Tilak is already being talked about as an choice for larger challenges, just like the Asia Cup. And Mukesh, having toiled for a number of years in home cricket for Bengal, proved he was ok to win an India cap in all three codecs within the house of just some weeks.

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"I thought all the three guys who made debuts for us in this series, stood up," Dravid mentioned. "Yashasvi Jasiwal in the fourth game, I thought he played a very good innings. He's shown us what he can do in the IPL and it was nice to see him replicate that in international cricket.

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"Tilak Varma, I believed, was actually good, to come back in in within the center order. He got here in typically in very tough conditions. But each time, he performs with a whole lot of intent, performs very positively, seems to maneuver the sport alongside, fielded brilliantly all through the sequence, confirmed us he can bowl one or two overs as properly. So actually constructive indicators from Tilak and to have that left-hander within the center order does make an enormous distinction in opposition to among the assaults that we have been taking part in in opposition to.

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"Mukesh as well. He debuted in all the formats in this series and I thought he acquitted himself really well. His ability to bowl at the death, sometimes he was called upon to bowl against some really big powerful hard hitters and he acquitted himself well for someone who was just playing his fourth or fifth game. So I think there's some real good positives in the guys who made their debuts for us and hopefully they take confidence from the series and keep learning as they go forward. They'll be going to Ireland and get a few more opportunities in the T20 format and I'm sure the more opportunities they get, they better they'll be."

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