India were beaten by New Zealand in the opening ODI game at Eden Park in Auckland on November 25.
Team India posted a total of 306/7 with Shreyas Iyer, Shikhar Dhawan, and Shubman Gill scored half-centuries and Washington Sundar smashed 37* runs off just 16 balls.
But New Zealand chased the target with eased by 17 balls remaining as Tom Latham smashed unbeaten 145 runs off just 104 balls and Kane Williamson scored unbeaten 94*.
After the loss, experts are raising questions over India’s batting approach and demanding the team to adopt England’s attacking style of play.
“Abhi seedha jaake T20 mode me toh nehi khel sakte (We can’t play in the T20 mode straightaway in fifty overs). One can plan his batting by looking at the wicket and deciding in his mind what a par score would be. One needs to adapt. Fifty overs can change from time to time. Sometimes there can be sunset, there can be dew at other times and you don’t know how the wicket will play,” Shreyas said after the game on Friday.
“Reaching 307 from the position that we were in was a commendable effort. Few things didn’t go our way. It is a learning curve for us and hopefully, we can go back and introspect and come back with new ideas.”
